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Rim Fragment with Punic Stamp

Rim Fragment with Punic Stamp

Phoenician

Tunisian fabric, overfired to a green color. Trumpet shaped rim. Stamp on exterior of rim. Stamp is round, 1.57 cm: Kaph (k); 'alef. The two letters are of late form. Early Roman Amphora type II (Carthage, University of Michigan type series, 1975), local imitation of Phoenician form.

Terracotta

Roman Imperial period, Early

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