Jug Item Number: M1.11 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Jug, made of red clay, full of dark and red grit giving the clay a very speckled appearance. Light grey slip, poorly preserved. Low ring base; oval shaped body; trumpet-shaped neck; pinched lip to form trefoil mouth; vertical handle from rim to shoulder. There are two shallow horizontal grooves on the upper section of the body.
History Of Use
Used to store and pour oils. Funerary gift.
Cultural Context
storage
Item History
- Made in Athens, Greece
- Owned by British Museum (Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities) before March 1960
- Received from British Museum (Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities) during March 1960
What
Who
- Culture
- Greek
- Previous Owner
- British Museum (Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities)
- Received from
- British Museum (Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Athens, Greece
When
- Ownership Date
- before March 1960
- Acquisition Date
- during March 1960
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0038/0015