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- CollectionNear East
- Inventory numberO.00728
- TitleTorpedo-shaped amphora
- CulturePunic
- Date700 BC - 201 BC
- PeriodPhoenician(Near East and Iran > Iron Age (Near East and Iran))
- DimensionsH x La x P: 24 cm
- OwnerMusées royaux d'art et d'histoire / Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis
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Object nameAmphora (storage vessel)GeographyPlace of discovery:CarthageGeographical Reference > Africa > North Africa > Tunisia > Tunis (governorate)MaterialCeramicMaterial > Earth > Clay
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This small amphora shaped as a torpedo has the bottom of its belly decorated with horizontal grooves. In the middle of the lower curb a very small "base" shaped as a button stands out. Such amphora were exported as early as the 4-5th centuries to different key destinations of the Punic world: Ibiza, Sardaigna, Sicile and Malte.

