Votive Jug

Title: Votive Jug
Inventory Number: A0049
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: ?Italy
From Date: -199
To Date: -1
Description: Votive jug with funnel neck ending in broad spout with inturned sides; body with high strongly curved max D from which sides curve inward to slightly depressed underside of base; handle of elliptical section from back of neck to max D.
State of Preservation: Large fragment of surface missing from lower body including about 1/3 of base with large pick-hole penetrating wall; large fragment missing from one side of spout. Completely coated on exterior and interior of upper neck.
Height: 10.03 cm
Max Diameter: 5.28 cm
Base Diameter: 2.93 cm
Handle Width: .92 cm
Color: Clay body 2.5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown); slip mottled 2.5YR 4/6 (red) to 2.5YR N3/ (very dark gray).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay