Amphora Stopper

Title: Amphora Stopper
Inventory Number: A0130
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Italy
From Date: -225
To Date: -175
Description: Amphora stopper with exterior surface fairly flat in outer half rising to handle in central section; underside flat with prominent wheel marks and central projection in form of small thick walled bowl with deep hole in center extending into handle.
State of Preservation: Handle chipped off exterior; large chips opposite one another on underside extending from edge to center; sporadic chipping elsewhere on rim; some encrustation on underside.
Height: 4.0 cm
Max Diameter: 6.85 cm
Base Diameter: 3.7 cm
Color: Clay body 10R 6/6 (light red); surface ca 7.5YR 8/4 (pink); encrustation 7.5YR 5/2 (brown).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay