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Accession_Number 48.12.7
Shape Jug
Shape_description Flaring neck; upper part of body slopes sharply out to junction with bottom of single curved vertical circular handle. Widest part of body is towards base making a 'squat' shape. Flat base.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Etruscan
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration Black all over; undecorated.
Inscriptions
Condition Some patches of glaze worn off. Small chip to rim. Deposits to underside and lower part of the body. Gloss is not lustrous. Chips on the body and part of the gloss worn.
Technique/Style Bucchero
Provenance
Period High Archaic
Date 600-575
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2003.97.0294.jpg
Left side view of a black Etruscan bucchero jug, showing handle and 'squat' body shape.

2003.97.0295.jpg
Right side view of a black Etruscan bucchero jug, showing handle and 'squat' body shape.

2003.97.0296.jpg
Top view of a black Etruscan brucchero jug, showing interior and top of handle.

2003.97.0297.jpg
Bottom view of an (upside down) black Etruscan bucchero jug, showing the flat base.

2008.10.0021.jpg
Profile drawing of an Etruscan bucchero jug.

2008.99.0372.jpg
Oblique right-side view from above of an Etruscan bucchero jug, showing the handle.

2008.99.0373.jpg
Right side view of a black Etruscan bucchero jug, showing the handle.

2008.99.0374.jpg
Front view of a black Etruscan bucchero jug.

2008.99.0375.jpg
Left side view of a black Etruscan bucchero jug, showing the handle.

2008.99.0376.jpg
Back view of a black Etruscan Bucchero jug, showing the front view of the handle.

2008.99.0377.jpg
Top view of a black Etruscan Bucchero jug, showing the rim.

2008.99.0378.jpg
Bottom view of a black Etruscan Bucchero jug, showing the base.
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Beazley_DB
Height 9.7
Diameters Rim 5.7; body 8.0; base 4.6
Handle_height 5.9
Other_dims. H. excl. handle 8.7
Location 7.1.3
Edited_by Denise; Teifi; Julia
Date_edited 08.08.2002; 04.09.2006; 18.05.2016
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