A 2,000-year-old terracotta jar from the Roman Period has been discovered by a farmer in Turkey's eastern Malatya (Greek Melitene) province, reports said Monday.
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Teams from Malatya Museum Directorate arrived at the farm and launched excavations to take out the jar without damaging it.
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Museum director Levent İskenderoğlu told Doğan News Agency that the jar was made out of earthenware and was most likely used to store grain and foodstuff.
"The pithos [jar] is 135 centimeters in height and 92 centimeters in diameter," İskenderoğlu said, adding that it is the largest and most intact artifact of its kind discovered in the region.
Source: Daily Sabah [December 27, 2017]