A well preserved Roman African red slip ware (terra sigillata) dish with a broad, flat, hooked rim decorated with a pair of grooves mid-way and standing on a short flat ringed base.
 
Roman colonies of Northern Africa: Circa 375-450 AD.
 
Very Fine condition, complete and intact.
Width 15.8 cms (6.2 ins).
 
Provenance: From a Danish private collection. In the period 1971 to 1991 deposited at the Odense University, study collection, department of Classical Archaeology.
 
For a similar type, see British Museum number 1997,1110.20 https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1997-1110-20
 
By the 3rd century AD African red slip ware was the most popular type of tableware in the Roman Empire.
 
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