Tapered Juglet

2016-00-00

2016-00-00

Name/Title

Tapered Juglet

Entry/Object ID

11NE-Mi45-182

Description

Juglet has out-curving rim with flattened lip. The juglet's upright walls in-curve into the inclined cylindrical shoulder. The body is ovoidal with a flat base. A loop handle is attached at the lip of the rim and descends down to the neck.The juglet is intact, with some encrustations on the exterior.

Use

Tableware

Context

Eastern Sigillata A (ESA) ware was in use from the late Hellenistic to early Roman period. Eastern Sigillata A is red slipped tableware, part of a full range of table-wares was produced in many different shapes and styles. The common feature of all these tablewares is their red slip. It has been found through testing to have been produced in North Syria.

Collection

Near East

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1 CE - circa 199 CE

Time Period

Roman Imperial

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Area

Syria-Palestine

Culture/Tribe

Near Eastern - Syro-Palestine

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

21 cm

Diameter

7.1 cm

Material

Terracotta

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

John W. Hayes, Roman Pottery: Fine-ware imports (Princeton: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2008.) Eastern Sigillata A Ware. Note pages 13-14.

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Hixenbaugh Ancient Art New York. Inv# 6243 Roman Terra Sigillata Flask. Accessed Nov 26, 2015, Printed PDF, http://www.hixenbaugh.net/gallery/detail.cfm?itemnum=6243.

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Sebastian Heath and Billur Tekkök, ed. “Greek, Roman and Byzantine Pottery at Ilion (Troia)” Public Draft of a work in progress. Accessed Oct 29 2015 http://classics.uc.edu/troy/grbpottery/html/esa.html.