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Accession_Number 37.11.7
Shape Jug
Shape_description Flaring mouth and wide neck separated from body by a moulded groove. Single curved handle starting at groove and bending to lip. Small foot, base slightly concave.
Material Terracotta
Fabric Etruscan
Fabric_description
Munsell_color
Decoration
Inscriptions
Condition Small dents to rim and body and scratching of paint. Deposits underside of handle and in groove. Chip in base. Lustre has worn off in places.
Technique/Style Bucchero
Provenance
Period
Date 600-550
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Right side view of an Etruscan bucchero olpe (jug).

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Front view of an Etruscan jug.

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Side view of an Etruscan jug, showing the body and the handle.

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Side view of an Etruscan jug, showing the body, the neck and the mouth.

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Top view of an Etruscan jug, showing the mouth.

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Underside view of an Etruscan jug, showing the base.
Comparanda
Bibliography CVA Reading 1, pl. 38.2
Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height 13.0
Diameters Mouth 7.3; body 9.0; base 4.4
Handle_height 7.5
Other_dims.
Location 5.2 (AH70)
Edited_by Denise; Karen; Jayne
Date_edited 09.08.2002; 21.04.2004; 25.09.2019
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