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Accession_Number 48.5.3
Shape Jug
Shape_description Tall jug with rounded rim, cylindrical neck, piriform body, and high arching loop handle that rises from the rim.
Material Terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description
Munsell_color 5YR 5/4
Decoration Top 2/3 and handle are glazed.
Inscriptions
Condition Intact but surface worn in places.
Technique/Style Black glaze
Provenance
Period Hellenistic
Date 3rd-2nd century
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

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Right side view of a Hellenistic jug.

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Top view of a Hellenistic jug, showing the handle and the mouth.

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Oblique view, from below, of a Hellenistic jug, showing the reserved underside.
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Beazley_DB
Height 17.3
Diameters Rim 5.5; foot 3.4
Handle_height 9.0
Other_dims.
Location Body Beautiful
Edited_by Sarah; Kinsey; Julia
Date_edited 21.07.2003; 11.01.2006; 06.05.2016
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