Black-Glaze Mug

1922.01.0083

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Artifact Identification Black-Glaze Mug   (1922.01.0083)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Materials T&E
  2. :
  3. Food Service T&E
  4. :
  5. Drinking Vessels
Artist/Maker None
Geographic Location
Period/Date Classical, 450– 425 BCE
Culture South Italian Greek

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 10.4 cm
Dimension 2 (Height) 7.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 8.1 cm
Weight 154 g
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Glaze
Manufacturing Processes Throwing, Firing, Glazing, Incising, Handbuilding
Munsell Color Information Black (N 2.5) -ns

Research Remarks

Published Description

ITALIC BLACK-GLAZE MUG Shape and Ornament: Rounded body, broad neck. Two grooves inside lip. Body decorated with grooved ribs. Double handle which splits at the top. One groove at join of body and foot. Ring foot. Campanian about 450-425 B. C. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 62, 3.

Description N/A
Comparanda

Agora P 23340 (Sparkes and Talcott, The Athenian Agora vol. 12: Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th, and 4th Centuries B.C., 1970. P. 250, no. 205, pl. 11). Cambridge G. 192 (Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum Cambridge 1 [Great Britain 6[, p. 39, pl. 41:30.)

Bibliography

Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 52, Plate 62, 3.

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication University of Marburg Archaeological Seminar Collection
Reproduction No
Reproduction Information N/A

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