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Indo-Roman trade: the ceramic evidence from Egypt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Roberta Tomber
Roberta Tomber*
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Museum of London Specialist Services, 46 Eagle Wharf Road, London N1 7ED, England. rtomber@museumoflondon.org.uk
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EgyptRomanBerenikeceramicssourcing studiestrade

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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 285 , September 2000, pp. 624 - 631
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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