Title: Sicilian Plain Dish - 1966.23
Acquisition number: 1966.23
Author or editor: J.R. Green
Culture or period: Sicilian Black, Banded and Plain.
Date: Early 3rd century BC.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Vessels - Dish/plate
Dimensions: 136mm (w) × 30mm (h)
Origin region or location: Italy
Origin city: Possibly Gela.
Display case or on loan: 10
Keywords: Sicilian
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 74.
1966.23
Sicilian Plain Dish
From the Woite Collection; probably from the area of Gela, Sicily. Ht 3cm; diam. 13.6cm.
Intact. Cream-buff clay. Out-turned rim; the base somewhat concave.
The dish has a simple form with slight carination of the wall. Perhaps early third century BC.
See 1966.01-1966.42 in this catalogue for all material from the Woite Collection in the ANU collection.
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 74.