Thymiaterion Fragment (uncertain)
"Incense Burner"
80-19-14
From: Italy | Torre Mordillo
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 80-19-14 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | South Italian |
| Provenience | Italy | Torre Mordillo |
| Manufacture Location | South Italy |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | base and stem of Thymiaterion (?). Spreading foot probably with a wheel run groove. Conical depression on underside. Solid cylindrical stem flaring slightly in profile above. Stem glazed only in upper part. Glaze also on edge of foot and on resting surface. Two glaze band on underside. Pinkish buff clay. |
| Height | 5 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Estate of Oliver C. Colburn, 1980 |
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