ClassificationsGreek and Roman Art
Bowl
Place ExcavatedSyracuse, Sicily, Italy, Europe
CultureRoman
PeriodImperial
Date3rd-5th Century CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineLink Expedition, 1962
Dimensions4 7/16 x 9 in. (11.3 x 22.9 cm)
Object number1962.002
Label TextDuring its work on the ancient harbor of Syracuse (Sicily) in 1962, the Link expedition uncovered remains of a sixth century A.D. cemetery and the remains of a ship loaded with marble columns intended for a Byzantine church. A vast quantity of artifacts bearing witness to natural calamities and military disasters such as the destruction of the Athenian fleet in the third century B.C. was also found at this site.Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, May 11, 1993 - August 1995
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 1997 - Spring 2001
ProvenanceExcavated by Edwin A. Link (1904-1981) off the coast of eastern Sicily, 1962.
Status
Not on viewCollections
- Greek and Roman Art
1st Century BCE-5th Century CE
Hountondji Family Guild
305-30 BCE
722-332 BCE
1076-332 BCE
ca. 22 BCE to 641 CE
ca. 9-3 BCE
