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Accession_Number

REDMG:1951.132.1

Shape

Askos: guttus

Shape_description

Guttus type askos: swelling rounded body with bearing at the top a large relief medallion (frontal female mask with puffed cheeks and a lock of hair knotted over the forehead) offset and raised from the body; at a distance of ca. 0.5 cm are two incised lines beyond which the body is covered with fine vertical fluting down to its midpoint. A long diagonal spout with slightly concave sides rises obliquely from the shoulder below the medallion, and terminates in a three-stepped flanged mouth. A loop handle (semicircular in cross section) rises from the shoulder at a right angle to the spout. A tall thick foot, offset from the body, with a ridge at the halfway point broadens toward a ring base, slightly rounded on the exterior, with a concave underside offset from a concave element within the narrow resting surface. The foot is particularly tall, and is ridged in the middle: otherwise in shape this askos corresponds to Morel's type 8141h 1 (Morel 1981, pl. 209).

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Apulian: Calenian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 6/3

Decoration

Metallic black gloss on entire surface (dipped) except for reserved (and ruddled) upper part of foot and underside, including resting surface. In addition to moulded mask, and ribbed shoulder decoration (see above), incised (although glazed) cross under spout.

Inscriptions

Condition

Missing a small chip from the base. Light grey (lime) deposits on mouth, handle, stem, and foot, with build-up of tan deposits on the underside; resting surface stained grey in places.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; ruddled;

Provenance

Period

Late Classical

Date

4 c.

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.94.0133.jpg	Top view of the top of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing molded female mask.
2003.94.0134.jpg	Front view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing both handle and spout.
2003.94.0135.jpg	Front view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing handle.
2003.94.0136.jpg	Front view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing exterior ribbed shoulder decoration.
2003.94.0137.jpg	Front view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing exterior ribbed shoulder decoration and the side of the molded female mask.
2003.94.0138.jpg	Top view of the bottom of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos.
2004.99.0747.jpg	Top view of part of the top of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing molded female mask.
2004.99.0748.jpg	Top view of part of the top of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing molded female mask.
2004.99.0749.jpg	Oblique view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos.
2004.99.0750.jpg
2004.99.0751.jpg	Front view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing exterior ribbed shoulder decoration and the side of the molded female mask.
2004.99.0752.jpg	Front view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing spout.
2004.99.0753.jpg	Front view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing handle.
2004.99.0754.jpg	Front view of an Apulian Calenian guttos askos, showing exterior ribbed shoulder decoration.