A Roman Amphora, Ancient Pottery. 63 BC. POLISH ICON

A Roman Amphora, Ancient Pottery. 63 BC. POLISH ICONSize: height= 14. 5, width= 4. 5 cm. Height= 5. 7, width= 1. 7 inch. Pottery was produced in enormous quantities in ancient Rome, mostly for utilitarian purposes. It is found all over the former Roman Empire and beyond. Monte Testaccio is a huge waste mound in Rome made almost entirely of broken amphorae used for transporting and storing liquids and other products in this case probably mostly Spanish olive oil, which was landed nearby, and was the

the heavens were opened to Him

third gold leaf

5 opened cm

They could be handmade

and then sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged

along with the four Evangelists displayed on the four corners

[1] Jesus promised to Saint Peter

The icon is in very very good condition

" also known in Greek as the "lepton

There is tremendous variety in both the Byzantine and the imitative issues

silver- and gold cigarette-cases

’ Matthew 5:14-16