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Amphora
Date: Roman Period, about 50 BCE-100CE
Dimensions:
H. 7 1/16 in. (17.9 cm); Diam. 5 7/16 in. (13.8 cm)
Medium: Tin-glazed earthenware with applied decoration
Place of Origin: Egypt
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1969.370
Label Text:The low-relief decoration with blue-green glaze on this dark blue vessel represents stylized cos lettuce, symbol of the fertility god Min. At Min’s temples at Coptos and Akhmim (Panopolis), festivals celebrated the beginning of the harvest season. Wild, prickly cos lettuce, which Egyptians believed was an aphrodisiac, was part of the worship ritual.
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