Title
Vaulting tube
Date
4th-5th century CE
Creator
Unknown
Roman Carthaginian (?)
Coverage
Style/Period: Roman
Discovery Site: Hippone (Annaba, Annaba, Wilaya d', Algeria)
Repository: Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa / Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines, Université d'Ottawa
Type
architecture|tools, equipment and materials
Format
Materials/Techniques: Terracotta thrown on a potter's wheel
Measurements: 13.7 cm high, 6.2 cm in diameter, 0.8 cm thick
Description
A red-coloured ceramic tube which is open on one end, and pointed into a cone-shaped nozzle with only a small opening on the other. The cylinder is slightly more narrow on the open end of the tube, resulting in an irregular shape. The material is textured and the tube has wide, shallow ridges with traces of throwing lines over the whole surface. There is a modern label adhered to the artefact which reads: "Jour[?] / S. Hippone / Fragment[?] Cheviller / 4.3.48"
Identifier
Repository Accession Number: 983.4.8
Record: UO-MCA-983-4-8
Source
Cataloguer: Georgian Parkes, University of Ottawa
Photographer: Niġel Klemenčič-Puglisevich, Carleton University
Image Date: March 2022
Rights
The images are provided by the Museum of Classical Antiquities, University of Ottawa. For contact information, visit the Museum website: https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/en/museum | Les images sont fournies par le Musée d'antiquités gréco-romaines de l'Université d’Ottawa. Visitez le site du musée pour les coordonnées : https://arts.uottawa.ca/cla-srs/fr/musee