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AST130b

Terracotta jug

Geometric period (2nd half of the 8th cent. B.C.)
H: 3.95 cm RIM: 18.50 cm BASE: 14.00 cm

Typical shape of a jug of the 8th cent. B.C. Decorated with geometrical ornaments, but also with a pictorial representation. A band with striped lozenges and a double meander on the neck. A band with glossoid ornaments and striped triangles on the body. On the shoulder, two male figures seated facing each other, probably holding seistra, are represented between frames with reticulated ornament. Between them, an aquatic bird. They are rendered with the technique of figurative decoration.

CATEGORY
Vessel
KIND
Jug
MATERIAL
Clay
CONDITION
Reassembled
CONDITION NOTE
Reassembled and supplemented.
GEOMETRIC PERIOD_TERRACOTA JUG_130_098_Sep 19 2022

Terracotta jug

(2nd half of the 8th cent. B.C.)
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