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Accession_Number temp.2022.6.2
Shape jug
Shape_description Apulian/ Messapian ceramic jug, course jug with fat body, thick rim. The single handle reaches from the neck beneath the rim to the shoulder of the jug. The neck is as wide as the mouth; protunding rim; base is smaller than the body and it is flat
Material terracotta
Fabric
Fabric_description red clay
Munsell_color 10R 5/6 10R 4/6
Decoration the body is decorated with four thin black lines and two thick dark red lines; at the base of the neck are painted vertical dark red lines (25); the neck is decorated with two thin black lines and one thick dark red line; the handle has eight thin red lines
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Condition intact but fragile, with some cracks on the body
Technique/Style turning lathe
Provenance Apulia
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Beazley_DB
Height 22.0
Diameters neck: 12.7, body: 18.4; base: 6.7
Handle_height 4.5
Other_dims. neck height: 6.0
Location
Edited_by Ludovica
Date_edited 06/07/2022
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