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A farmer from Kayseri (ancient Caesarea of Cappadocia), Türkiye 🇹🇷, found a 1500-year-old pythos while plowing his field.
The 1m tall vessel got attached to the plow of his tractor. Dating back to the late Roman or Byzantine period, it was used to hold grain during 5th-6th Century AD.
The pythos was delivered to Kayseri Museum.
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