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Amphora

1st century A.D.
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
Inv. 58144

 

This amphora, produced on an island in the Aegean Sea, brought the fine wine of that area to the inhabitants of the luxurious House of the Menander in Pompeii.