Mortar

Mortarium

Rim Fragment

Object Number:

MS6030

Current Location:

Rome Gallery

Culture:

Roman

Provenience:

Mediterranean

Period:

Roman Period

Date Made:

3rd century

Early Date:

200

Late Date:

299

Section:

Mediterranean

Materials:

Ceramic

Technique:

Red Slip Ware

Iconography:

Lion

Description:

Rim Fragment of African Red-slip lion mortarium. Section of lip, keel rim (with lion spout) and upper wall. Eyes and mane of lion indicated by impressed concentric circles. Excellent, very hard red clay and glaze. A wheel-run groove around top surface of keel near outer edge and a pair of wheel-run grooves on wall on interior.

Height:

8cm

Length:

15cm

Depth:

6cm

Other Number:

L-3-E-5

Other Number