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Souvenir juglet modelled as the head of Saint Menas.
A souvenir juglet in the form of a head of Saint Menas: large nose and wide painted eyes, a dimpled chin, and large curls across the forehead and flanking the face; hair is also indicated at the…

Rim -sherd from the border of an African Red Slip Ware pottery lanx (large rectangular dish), showing the life of Achilles. Women spinning thread and musician (piper).

Pottery: African Red Slip Ware dish or bowl with appliqué decoration. The larger scene shows a group of cupids. The central cupid reclines and seems to be mimicking Hercules, while the others make offerings to him of a garland and a kid. The smaller…

Uncertain translucent color; trail and pontil pad in opaque brownish red.

Thick, outsplayed rim, folded over, in, and pressed down into mouth; very short, concave, cylindrical neck; globular body; kick in bottom, with traces of pontil…

Translucent blue green; handle in same color; trails in translucent cobalt blue.
Plain rim, with downward flange on one side; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; slanting, rounded shoulder; funnel-shaped body; thick bottom…

Small earthenware lamps, made from double molds, were the most commonly used source of light in North Africa during the early Byzantine period. A wick produced from plant fiber or linen fabric was placed in a reservoir filled with oil, generally…

Vessberg Type 19. Mold-made. Applied conical handle. Sharply carinated, pear-shaped body. Discus: square pattern comprising two curved, raised lines on each side around central filling hole; channel to wick hole, with a raised dot above; around…