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Cup
© Institute and Museum of the History of Science

Cup

Bronze, 1st cent. A.D.
Pompeii
Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 111956

The cups served to connect the distribution tank to the intake pipe. On the surface of the duct, the name of the water dealer is punched: "A. SEI. GNOSTI".