Fusiform Unguentarium

Title: Fusiform Unguentarium
Inventory Number: A0139
Date Acquired: 1988
Source: Rex Toomey Gift
Provenance: Turkey
From Date: -199
To Date: -100
Description: Bulbous body w max D ca mid-height continuing into tall concave-sided base w low pedestal foot; tall cylindrical neck w sharply outturned rim shallowly convex on top surface. Neck & body coated w reddish-orange paint, remainder w lighter shade of same paint.
State of Preservation: Worn & chipped all over, w chipping on rim and base heavy; large chip from lower body. Apparently mended in antiquity at juncture of neck & body w concrete.
Height: 15.7 cm
Max Diameter: 5.65 cm
Rim Diameter: 3.0 cm
Base Diameter: 2.38 cm
Color: Clay body 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown); paint 10R 5/8 (red); concrete 10YR 5/1 (gray).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay