Jug

68-26-1

From: Italy | Anzio

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number 68-26-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Anzio
Locus found underwater, off the beach
Period Roman Period
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Technique Wheel Made | Coarse Ware
Description

Wheelmade, with wheel ridges left unsmoothed (especially around center of vase.) Thin walled, but not fine ware; no trace of glaze or slip. Color: lt. red to yellowish. Neck missing but hole remaining on top where it was set indicates it was constriced in diameter in relation to bdy. No evidence of handles. Indistinct shouler slopes very little to GD. Short, steep ring base; convex bottom. Covered all over with barnacles and other marine life remains.

Height 14.5 cm
Depth 12.9 cm
Outside Diameter 5.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Howard, 1968

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