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Cup

First half of the 1st century A.D.
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei
Inv. 11792

 

This cup replicates, in pottery, vessels of similar shape in silver. Skyphoi decorated with nature motifs were produced first in the East, then in Gaul and northern Italy, in the 1st century B.C. - 1st century A.D.