Fragment of a lead glazed bowl with relief head of Alexander (?)
Fragment of a lead glazed bowl with relief head of Alexander (?)

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Fragment of a lead glazed bowl with relief head of Alexander (?),

1st century CE

Greco-Roman, 700 BCE - 476 CE
2003-160

Information

Title
Fragment of a lead glazed bowl with relief head of Alexander (?)
Dates

1st century CE

Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
2.3 x 7.3 x 10.5 cm (7/8 x 2 7/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch to Princeton University
Object Number
2003-160
Place Excavated

Turkey, Antioch on the Orontes

Culture
Greco-Roman
Type
bowls (vessels), ceramics, fragments
Materials
lead glaze, ceramic
Subject
men, portraits, heads

Discovered in Antioch (DH 26 62839 M/N) by the Committee for the Excavation of Antioch, 1933-1939; given to the University by the Committee, probably by 1941.

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