Ure Museum | Database

cite as: https://uremuseum.org/record/REDMG:1953.25.55

Accession_Number

REDMG:1953.25.55

Shape

Jug

Shape_description

Wide flaring mouth with rounded rim; short neck narrowing to sharp join to an ovoid body that tapers sharply at the bottom to a flat base; grooved just above the base. Two-piece strap handle splays at the attachment to the rim and rejoins the shoulder (for handle cf. RM.1950.25, which is, however, knotted).

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Sicilian

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

7.5YR 6/6

Decoration

Small jug with wide flaring mouth and rim which is reserved inside apart from a long smear of paint. Handle is made of two sections, not quite meeting at the top and extending along the rim. Straight neck with slight ridge at juncture with body. Thin groove at base around foot. Base is flat and black.

Inscriptions

Condition

Rim slightly chipped and surface slightly pitted and worn; grayish-white deposits on mouth and handle.

Technique/Style

Black glaze

Provenance

Period

Late Classical

Date

4 c

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.93.0181.jpg	Right side view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug.
2003.93.0301.jpg	Oblique view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug.
2003.97.0931.jpg	Left side view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug.
2003.97.0932.jpg	Right side view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug.
2003.97.0933.jpg	Top view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug.
2003.97.0934.jpg	Bottom view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug, showing the base.
2004.99.0719.jpg	Oblique view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug, showing part of the interior.
2004.99.0720.jpg	Front view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug.
2004.99.0721.jpg	Front view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug.
2004.99.0722.jpg	Front view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug.
2004.99.0723.jpg	Front view of a Sicilian black-glazed mug, showing the handle.