Object type
jug
Fabric
common pottery local production with red slip
Culture/period
Roman world
Materials
clay
Technique
wheel-thrown
Mint
Production date
14 / 192
Museum
Museu de Guissona
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Iesso
Township
Guissona (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Segarra)
Dimensions
395 x 355 mm diàmetre màxim zona cos
Description
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Jar with red slip produced in a local workshop in the city of Iesso. With a closed mouth and everted rim, the lip is slightly bevelled toward the outside. It has a high, narrow neck, large and slightly rounded shoulder and cylindrical body. The contact point between the body and base is slightly bevelled towards the interior and the base is flat. It displays grooved decoration on the neck, shoulder and the shoulder-body contact area. It has two very flat and wide handles with ribbed decoration, which go from the lip to the start of the shoulder.
© Museu de Guissona
Omeka ID
512