Bronze askos, a metal version of a wineskin

Details

• Title

  Bronze askos, a metal version of a wineskin

• Associated place

  Europe › Italy › Campania › Metropolitan City of Naples › Pompeii (find spot)

• Date

  AD 50 - 75

• Material and technique

  copper alloy

• Object type

  container › oil-container › perfume bottle › unguent jar › askos

• Dimensions

  13 cm (height)
  17 cm (length)
  9 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1932.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 13 | Rome

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1932.191

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