Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
Touch the ancient world – own a piece of history – but remember it belongs to all humanity
$450.00
Second half of the 1st century A.D.
Cream-orange fabric with a red slip covering the exterior and extending onto the interior of the neck, terminating at the lower body. The slip is fired dark brown in some areas.
Broad biconical body with a narrow neck, bulging at the top and separated from the body by a groove. Two additional grooves decorate the upper part of the neck. Horizontal rim with a vertical edge and low foot. Kidney-shaped handle in cross-section, decorated with three longitudinal grooves on the exterior.
Lime deposits. Intact.
Height: 5.4 in. (13.7 cm).
Diameter: 4.6 in. (11.7 cm).
Parallel: B. Johnson, Pottery from Karanis, Studies, University of Michigan, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology 7, Michigan, 1981, pp. 12, 67, pl. 58, no. 428.