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LOT 0569
Roman 'Newark' Burnished Greyware Vessel
3RD CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 in. (491 grams, 13.3 cm high).
A piriform jar with everted rim, shallow cross-hatching around the lower body, foot delineated with an incised ring; reconstructed with the use of plasticine. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK, in September 2021.
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