Terracotta mortarium fragment 50–85 Roman Mortaria were used for mixing and grinding foodstuff that could then be poured out of the spout in one side of the broad, flanged rim. This fragment retains part of the spout and the stamp on the rim that identifies the maker as (G. Atisius) GRATV(s), whose workshop was at Augusta Tricastinorum (modern Aoste) in the Rhone valley. This type of mortarium is found in Eastern Gaul, the Rhineland, and occasionally Southern Terracotta mortarium fragment 250497 Roman, Terracotta mortarium fragment, 50?85, Terracotta, Overall: 5 x 2 7/8 x
Terracotta mortarium fragment 50–85 Roman Mortaria were used for mixing and grinding foodstuff that could then be poured out of the spout in one side of the broad, flanged rim. This fragment retains part of the spout and the stamp on the rim that identifies the maker as (G. Atisius) GRATV(s), whose workshop was at Augusta Tricastinorum (modern Aoste) in the Rhone valley. This type of mortarium is found in Eastern Gaul, the Rhineland, and occasionally Southern Terracotta mortarium fragment 250497 Roman, Terracotta mortarium fragment, 50?85, Terracotta, Overall: 5 x 2 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( x x cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 ()
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