Lid from an amphora
This lid would have sealed an amphora a pottery jar used to transport and store foodstuffs. The amphora was made in Gaul (modern Southern France) and might have held olives, oil or wine.
The pot belonged to the Roman military era of a supply depot found by archaeologists on the St Loyes site that lay between the port at Topsham and the fortress at Exeter.
The pot belonged to the Roman military era of a supply depot found by archaeologists on the St Loyes site that lay between the port at Topsham and the fortress at Exeter.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 448/2009/3/2/2
- Collection Class
- Exeter archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Collector Excavator
- Exeter Archaeology
- Material
- pottery
- Common Name
- lid from an amphora
- Simple Name
- vessel (sherd)
- Period Classification
- Roman (43-410)
