Water pipe stamped in Latin to Emperor Vespasian

Details

• Title

  Water pipe stamped in Latin to Emperor Vespasian

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Lazio › Metropolitan City of Rome Capital › Rome (vineyard near the Aqua Claudia outside the Porta Maggiore) (find spot)

• Date

  AD 69 - 79

• Material and technique

  lead

• Object type

  stimulant/narcotic equipment › smoking equipment › smoking-pipe › water-pipe

• Dimensions

  37 cm (length)
  10.8 cm (diameter)
  0.25 cm Lettering (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Welbore St Clair Baddeley, 1924.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1924.8

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