Roman North African Terracotta Bowl bactria where both utility and ritual

where both utility and ritual vessels were produced

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ensuring their owner’s authority and marking them with a symbolic or ritualistic significance

By the 16th century

Please note the small dimensions of this scarab

Roman North African Terracotta Bowl bactria where both utility and ritualThe Roman Empire, c. 200400 AD A handsome wheel thrown redware terracotta bowl, characteristic of Roman North African pottery. The vessel features a deep hemispherical body with gracefully curving convex sides, a thin, neatly defined lip, and an outsplayed ring base with a smoothly rounded edge. Formed from a light cream fabric with mica inclusions, the surface is coated in a now heavily worn, thin brick red slipa hallmark of Roman fineware