amphora

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Object Type
Museum number: 1866,1229.6
Description: Amphora; silver; two arching loop handles of thick wire soldered at neck and shoulder; applied decoration: four engraved concentric circles in recess on underside of base.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 4thC
Production place: Made in: Rome (city) (?)
Findspot: Found/Acquired: San Francesco di Paola ai Monti, convent building (ruin of) (?;grounds)
Materials
Technique: engraved; applied; soldered
Dimensions: Diameter: 102 millimetres; Height: 225 millimetres; Weight: 602 grammes; Width: 139 millimetres (including handles)
Curator's comments: Pair with 1866,1229.7
Bibliographic references: Shelton 1981 / The Esquiline Treasure (19); Dalton 1901 / Catalogue of Early Christian Antiquities and Objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum (308)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Damaged side, below handle.
Acquisition name
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Baron von Schellerscheim (?); Previous owner/ex-collection: Monsignor Guilio Maria della Somaglia (?)
Acquisition date: 1866
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1866,1229.6

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