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Drainpipe
© Institute and Museum of the History of Science

Drainpipe

Terracotta, 1st cent. A.D.
Pompeii
Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei, inv. 56306

These drainpipes served to collect rainwater from the roofs and convey it into the cisterns of the houses.