Floor tile

British Museum
London, United Kingdom

The sketch appears to show a pharos, a Roman lighthouse. Two such lighthouses flanked the Roman harbour at Dover, the main base of the British fleet. The sketch was scratched onto the tile before firing.

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Details

Title: Floor tile
Physical Dimensions: Width: 20.00cm
External Link: British Museum collection online
Technique: scratched
Subject: lighthouse
Registration number: 1856,0701.703
Place: Excavated/Findspot London
Period/culture: Romano-British
Material: ceramic
Copyright: Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
Acquisition: Purchased from Roach Smith, Charles

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