Title: Dish - 2009.03.23
Acquisition number: 2009.03
Author or editor: J.R. Green
Culture or period: Punic.
Date: Phase IV Romano-Punic?
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Vessels - Dish/plate
Dimensions: 116mm (w) × 25mm (h)
Origin region or location: Malta
Display case or on loan: 2
Keywords: Maltese, Punic, Romano-Punic
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 43 no. 16.
2009.03.23
Dish
Ht 2.5cm; diam. 11.6cm.
(Parliament of Australia inventory number 01/0069.015)
Intact but for some chips from the lip. Fairly smooth, hard, pale red clay with white and small dark inclusions. There is a possible red or self-slip on the upper face. Flat horizontal lip. The foot is hollowed on the underside.
Sagona regards it as ‘Romano-Punic’.
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 43 no. 16.
Parliament of Australia.
Parliament Dr, Canberra ACT 2600.