Barrel jug with schematic animal designs

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Barrel jug with schematic animal designs

Artist Unknown

Date1050-900 BCE

Periodearly Geometric

MediumCeramic (wheelmade) with red and black paint

DimensionsOverall
Height: (7 11/16 in.) 19.5 cm
Width (nipple to nipple): (6.0 in.) 15.3 cm
Width (handle to front): (6 5/16 in.) 16 cm
Rim
Diameter (exterior): (3 9/16 in.) 9.05-9.18 cm
Diameter (interior): (3 3/16 in.) 8.14 cm
Thickness (wall, at rim): (1/8 in.) 0.38 cm
Handle
Width: (3/4 in.) 1.91 cm
Thickness: (9/16 in.) 1.45 cm
Body
Diameter, body without handles or nipples (nipple to nipple side): (5 9/16 in.) 14.2 cm
Diameter, body without handles or nipples (handle side): (5 11/16 in.) 14.5 cm
Diameter, body as made on wheel before assembly: (5 11/16 in.) 14.5 cm
Neck
Diameter (at midpoint): (2 3/16 in.) 5.56 cm
Diameter (at shoulder): (2 9/16 in.) 6.52 cm
Diameter (at join with upturned rim): (3 5/8 in.) 9.13 cm

ClassificationsCeramics

Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936

Object numberSN28.359

Potters used several techniques. This jug combines handmade and wheelmade techniques. Its body is made of two wheel-made halves joined together to create one single barrel-shaped container. The geometric pattern on the chest of this jug may reference the tail of a bird or fish.

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Color

Fabric: 10YR 7/4 (very pale brown) to 10YR 6/4 (light yellowish brown)

Paint: 10R 4/4 (weak red) and N 2.5/ (black)

Inclusions

some sand, few gravel lime