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
1st–first half of the 2nd century A.D.
Light gray fabric with a burnished surface.
Low-bellied body with a short neck, bulging toward the top, and a short pedestal base. Small handle of nearly rectangular cross-section. The upper body is decorated with a cordon and two bands defined by pairs of incised grooves. Within these bands are triangular motifs formed by burnished lines.
Intact. Lime and soil deposits.
Height: 5.6 in. (14.2 cm).
For related pottery: J. Davis-Kimball, Nomads of the Eurasian Steppes in the Early Iron Age, Zinat Press, 1995, pp. 154, 168.