90 ROMAN AMPHORA OR WINE JAR. 



nearly 6 gals., so that we may conclude it to be of Koman origin. 

 The Greek Amphora was half as large again 9 gals. Being used 

 for storing wine, oil, honey, and other fluids it was necessary to 

 coat them internally with some non-absorbent material. Pitch was 

 the substance employed, and it is interesting to observe that this 

 specimen shows clear evidence of the practice. There are patches 

 of it observable on the inner surface of the vessel when properly 

 illuminated; but the traces on the neck are unmistakeable. 

 Moreover the material is still pitch unaltered in its physical 

 characters, notwithstanding its long immersion of possibly fifteen 

 centuries. 



