Unguentarium

Item

Title
Unguentarium
Inventory Number
A0119
Date Acquired
1909
Source
Magoffin
Provenance
Italy
Description
Bulbous body with tall cylindrical neck and outturned rim, flat base with concentric smoothing marks; prominent paring marks on body. Neck dipped in dull dark paint which dripped on body.
State of Preservation
Large grit-hole at mid-body.
Height
7.02 cm
Max Diameter
3.24 cm
Rim Diameter
1.99 cm
Color
Clay body 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow); paint ca 10R 3/3 (dusky red).
Type
vessel
Material
fired clay