Pottery vessel

Ceramic

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Trimontium Museum

Name/Title

Pottery vessel

Entry/Object ID

E.2023.78

Description

Painted clay vessel with lattice decoration on body. Neck broken in many parts, reconstructed. Part of the Anstey Collection. Likely Gnathia ware alabastron, black glazed pottery, southern Italy, c. 3rd - 4th C BC

Use

May have been used to hold liquids, such as olive oil or fish oil.

Collection

Trimontium Trust, Anstey Collection

Category

Pottery, Vessel

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

John Anstey

Notes

Anstey collection donated to museum in 2005 by wife of John Anstey, Rosemary Burton.

Made/Created

Time Period

3rd century BC, 4th century BC

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Europe

Culture/Tribe

Romano British

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pottery

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Factory

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Industrial Structures

Nomenclature Class

Structures

Nomenclature Category

Category 01: Built Environment Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

Roman pottery styles

Dimensions

Height

80 mm

Diameter

43 mm

Material

Ceramic

Color

Brown, Tan

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Web Links and URLs

A similar piece in the NVG (National Gallery of Victoria) collection, A similar piece in the British Museum collection