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
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Pale orange, fine-grained fabric with a glossy orange-red slip covering the surface, fired cherry-brown in some areas and leaving the lower body and base bare.
Conical body with a small low foot, the central part of the underside slightly recessed. Two loop handles, each with two grooves and a horizontal thumb-rest with an outlined perimeter and raised central ridge, attached to the upper walls. Multiple wheel marks on the exterior.
Mended from four fragments. Lime deposits and root marks over the surface.
Height: 2.9 in. (7.4 cm).
Parallels: L. Plesničar-Gec, Keramika Emonskih Nekropol, Ljubljana, 1977, pl. I, no. 79; H. Dragendorff and C. Watzinger, Arretinische Reliefkeramik mit Beschreibung der Sammlung in Tübingen, Reutlingen, 1948, pls. 32, no. 573; 34, no. 554a; 38, no. 31.