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Musical instrument

A semi-circular ocarina with cylindrical central mouthpiece, crimped round outer edge, a fingerhole near each of the points of the semcircle and containing a small fragment of terracotta for use as a rattle. Traces of lichen on the outside of the object suggest its origin as a surface find.

Kind
artefact
Date
299 BCE – 199 CE