Amphora neck and handles
This Roman amphora was used for transporting olive oil to the Roman fortress in Exeter. It was found in a rubbish dump at a military storage depot just outside the fortress. The handles are stamped ‘C.V.V.A.’.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 147/1992/11
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit
- Material
- potteryDressel 20
- Common Name
- amphora neck and handles
- Simple Name
- amphora
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
