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# Amphora

Ceramic amphora rim sherd; handmade with an orange coloured sand-tempered fabric and a black bitumen lined interior; two holes drilled through wall immediately below the rim, possibly for fastening a lid.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 400–775 CE
- **Place:** Mantai (8.9563, 79.9613)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.2007-3027-18](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.2007-3027-18) · Pramāṇa
