Postsherd (Toe of an Amphora) from Pompeii
Unknown Roman
before 79 CE
Clay
Overall: 1 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (4.5 × 2.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Emily W. and George H. Browne
42.12.8311
Geography
Place Made: Pompeii, Italy, Europe
Period
1-500
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Classical World
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by George H. Browne (1857-1931) and Emily Robbins Webster Browne (1861-1942), Cambridge, Massachusetts; given (by Miss Ellen A. Webster, Mrs. Browne's sister) to present collection, 1942.
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