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Lisieux: Gallo-Roman glass flagon (1st-4th c. AD)
Lisieux: Gallo-Roman glass flagon (Caen Mus.Normandie; photo Athena Review 2013)
Glassware
such as this flagon or pitcher, as well as other vessels for serving
food and drink were commonly placed in Gallo-Roman graves. This
example, dating from the 1st-4th century AD, was one of numerous glass
vessels found in a necropolis in Lisieux.
Lisieux, located about 25 miles (40 km) east of Caen, was occupied from the 1st century AD onward by Roman settlements, and has necropoli dating from several periods.
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