Object type
wine cup
Fabric
A Campanian
Culture/period
Protohistory and Iberian world
Materials
pottery
Technique
wheel-thrown
Mint
Production date
-250 / -200
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Pla de les Tenalles
Township
Granyanella (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, La Segarra)
Dimensions
70 x 103 mm
Description
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Cup with vertical tape handles and horizontal lugs, corresponding to fine black varnished tableware produced in Naples (Campania, Italy) between 250-200 BC. Shape Lamb. cup 49B / F 3311. The use of cups which had prototypes in metal vessels usually of silver or bronze is linked to individual consumption of liquids, especially wine.
This piece was found in House 5 of the Iberian settlement of Pla de les Tenalles, in the destruction and final abandonment level of the settlement around 200 BC
© Museu comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID
1221