Jar

48-2-298

From: Italy | Etruria | Vetulonia

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-298
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Etruscan
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Vetulonia
Date Made 4th century BCE-3rd century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Green patina. Rim is broken and the handle is missing. Sides are cracked. Offset lip is joined to the top of the jar at right angles to it. There is a sharp indentation below lip. Below high shoulder, the body becomes concave, then swells out toward a plain flat base.

Height 8.5 cm
Outside Diameter 7.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 272 - Collector Number | L-2-253 - Old Loan Number

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