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Accession_Number

50.4.18

Shape

Mug

Shape_description

Nearly identical to a lidded mug excavated from the Pantanello Necropolis at Metaponto, published by Maria Elliott, in Carter 1998 2.643, fig. 14.2, 667 M3 (T 128-2): the Pantanello mug, which Elliott describes as an 'odd mug' and probably a local imitation of the late 5 c. Attic double handle mug (667), has a knotted handle which is otherwise similar to ours in contour and thickness. For less close comparanda cf. Morel 1981, type 5345a (citing examples from Capua and environs, e.g. CVA Capua 3, Italia 1312 no. 2: less squat, but similar); these Campanian examples are dated to ca. 300. Convex lip with rounded outturned rim, to which is joined a vertical strap handle, tripartite, with two projections on either side of the rim attachment. The handle loops and reattaches at the top of the bulging, ribbed body (ribbing visible on the interior). Tall angled ring foot, the interior of which has an incised spiral (not visible on exterior).

Material

Terracotta

Fabric

Metapontine

Fabric_description

Munsell_color

5YR 7/3

Decoration

Entirely covered with black glaze. Ribbed body (visible on interior). Incised cross below handle. Incised spiral on interior of base (not visible on exterior).

Inscriptions

Condition

Intact except for a small chip on the mouth, and a few on the footring. Glaze on rim worn. Not lustrous. white depositions on the junction of the foot and the body.

Technique/Style

Black glaze; ribbed

Provenance

Said to be from Pompeii

Period

Late Classical

Date

400-375

Dating_details

Artist

Attribution

Image

2003.97.0947.jpg	Right side view of an Apulian black-glazed mug, showing ribbed decoration.
2003.97.0948.jpg	Left side view of an Apulian black-glazed mug, showing ribbed decoration.
2003.97.0949.jpg	Top view of an Apulian black-glazed mug, showing the mouth and projections from the top of the handle.
2003.97.0950.jpg	Bottom view of an Apulian black-glazed mug, showing the base and underside of the body.
2010.98.0290.jpg	Oblique top view of a black-glazed, Apulian mug, with a ribbed body.
2010.98.0291.jpg	Front view of a black-glazed, Apulian mug, with a ribbed body.
2010.98.0292.jpg	Side view of a black-glazed, Apulian mug, with a ribbed body.
2010.98.0293.jpg	Front view of a black-glazed, Apulian mug, with a ribbed body.
2010.98.0294.jpg	Side view of a black-glazed, Apulian mug, with a ribbed body.
2010.98.0295.jpg	Top view of a black-glazed, Apulian mug, with a ribbed body, on its side.
2010.98.0296.jpg	Bottom view of a black-glazed, Apulian mug, with a ribbed body.