Basic info

Collection

Archaeology

Object name

Face urn

Head pot

Object category

Roman

Description

Vessel (head pot / face urn) in the shape of a woman's head. Described in Eboracum as "a large face vase of thick red fabric, modelled as a female head, found in 1888" Associated as a representation of Septimius Severus' wife, Julia Domna

Production date start

200

Production date end

300

Period

Roman