Jug

About this object

History of use

Used by a child at the Anthestrian Festival.

Cultural context

For liquid.

Physical description

Clay jug made of dark red, fine-grained clay with a few scattered white limestone particles. Semi-lustrous black, mottled, glaze over entire surface. Flat base, pyriform straight-walled body, no neck, upright slightly everted rim, one vertical ribbon handle attached to rim and body.