| Accession_Number | REDMG:1953.25.64 | ||||||||||||
| Shape | Bottle | ||||||||||||
| Shape_description | Narrow neck, nearly flat shoulder, curving to a broad body, tapering slightly down, to a slightly raised base, concave at the centre; two pinched triangular round handles rise from the edge of the shoulder, on opposite sides of the bottle. | ||||||||||||
| Material | Terracotta | ||||||||||||
| Fabric | Sicilian | ||||||||||||
| Fabric_description | Reddish brown, fine-grained, with fine to medium sized inclusions. | ||||||||||||
| Munsell_color | 5YR 5/6 | ||||||||||||
| Decoration | Glazed black all over; red and white bands on centre of shoulder; finely ribbed body. | ||||||||||||
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| Condition | Comprised of four rejoined fragments (including RM.1692.64 and RM.1694.64) preserving part of neck, shoulder, half of body, and most of base. Surface dulled. | ||||||||||||
| Technique/Style | Black glaze; overpainted: added white and red | ||||||||||||
| Provenance | |||||||||||||
| Period | Early Hellenistic | ||||||||||||
| Date | 300-250 | ||||||||||||
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| Comparanda | Cf. Reading RM.25.53.62 (complete, with a slender neck). | ||||||||||||
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| Height | |||||||||||||
| Diameters | Shoulder 6.3; base 4.3 | ||||||||||||
| Handle_height | 1.1 | ||||||||||||
| Other_dims. | Pres. H. 8.0; H. to shoulder 6.0 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 7.1.3 | ||||||||||||
| Edited_by | Amy; Jayne | ||||||||||||
| Date_edited | 08.07.2004 03.08.2022 |
