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
$675.00
3rd century A.D.
Cream, fine-grained fabric with a thin brown slip covering the exterior and interior, leaving an irregular unslipped area on the lower body. The slip is fired gray-brown in some areas.
Globular body with a small pedestal base and vertical rim. Two strap handles of rectangular cross-section. Light spiral wheel-ridging on the lower body.
Intact. Lime deposits and numerous root marks on the interior and exterior.
Height: 5.7 in. (14.5 cm).
Parallels: B. Soultov, Ancient Pottery Centres in Moesia Inferior, Sofia, 1976, p. 38; L. Plesničar-Gec, Keramika Emonskih Nekropol, Ljubljana, 1977, pl. 80; Gh. Popilian, Ceramica romană din Oltenia, Craiova, 1976, pp. 104–106.