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Jug

North African (Tunis El Aouja, Navigius school)

290–320

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Jug, African red slip ware, North African (Tunis El Aouja, Navigius school) — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Jug, African red slip ware, North African (Tunis El Aouja, Navigius school)

Jug, African red slip ware, North African (Tunis El Aouja, Navigius school)

Jug, African red slip ware, North African (Tunis El Aouja, Navigius school)

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© RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo by Tony Querrec

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© RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo by Tony Querrec

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© RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo by Tony Querrec

Title: Jug

Date: 290–320

Culture: North African (Tunis El Aouja, Navigius school)

Medium: African red slip ware

Dimensions: 9 1/16 × 4 1/2 × 4 5/16 in. (23 × 11.5 × 11 cm)

Classification: Ceramics-Vessels

Credit Line: Musée du Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities, Paris

Rights and Reproduction: © RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY. Photo by Tony Querrec

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