- Object Name:
- Storage Jar
- Place Made:
- Probably North Africa
- Date:
- 1st century BCE-2nd century CE
- Medium:
- Clay: hand-coiled, slipped, and fired
- Dimensions:
- Height: 41 1/8 in. (104.5 cm) Diameter: 11 5/8 in. (29.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Betty and Max Ratner Collection
- Accession Number:
- 1982-27
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These large storage jars with pointed bottoms and often with Latin inscriptions stamped on their handles were used to ship products throughout the Roman Empire. They are evidence of an extensive shipping trading under the Roman Empire, which reached ports from Spain to Syria and Israel and beyond.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.