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Handle

MS205A

From: Italy | Apulia | Rugge

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS205A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Italy | Apulia | Rugge
Manufacture Location Massapia
Period Messapian
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Description

Handle of trozella. Formerly attached to MS205. Found in Conservation not to belong to MS205, so removed and given present number. Preserved from upper attachment to well down toawrd lower attachment. Steep angled profile; rotelle at top of angle. Strap handle in form. On outer side are two vertical lines with a vertical wavy line between. On inner side there are two pairs of vertical lines, one pair on each side, with a vertical wavy line between. Rotelle is glazed solid, with traces of red overpaint.

Height 10 cm
Width 2.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles C. Harrison, 1894

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