Ovoid jar

Museum number:
8-1778
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.103
Description:
Big, reddish ovoid jar. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 33.5 cm; diameter: 32.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 9). Red impasto. Clay dark red with mica; lightly polished brick-red surface. Low neck with protruding thick lip; globular body on flat base; round horizontal handles. Surface very gritty; vase restored from several fragments; six holes on body. Cf. Montelius, pl. 239, no. 11 from Orvieto; Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 2, from Sovana; Not. Sc., 1911, p. 160, fig. 3e, from Rome; Not. Sc., 1914, p. 91, fig. 4h, from Pitigliano.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb F, Poggio Buco, Tuscany
Verbatim coll. place:
Tomb F
Culture or time period:
Etruscan
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
1897
Materials:
Ceramic (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Jars
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Classical Mediterranean
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1778, described as Big, reddish ovoid jar. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 33.5 cm; diameter: 32.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 9). Red impasto. Clay dark red with mica; lightly polished brick-red surface. Low neck with protruding thick lip; globular body on flat base; round horizontal handles. Surface very gritty; vase restored from several fragments; six holes on body. Cf. Montelius, pl. 239, no. 11 from Orvieto; Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 2, from Sovana; Not. Sc., 1911, p. 160, fig. 3e, from Rome; Not. Sc., 1914, p. 91, fig. 4h, from Pitigliano.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1778, described as Big, reddish ovoid jar. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 33.5 cm; diameter: 32.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 9). Red impasto. Clay dark red with mica; lightly polished brick-red surface. Low neck with protruding thick lip; globular body on flat base; round horizontal handles. Surface very gritty; vase restored from several fragments; six holes on body. Cf. Montelius, pl. 239, no. 11 from Orvieto; Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 2, from Sovana; Not. Sc., 1911, p. 160, fig. 3e, from Rome; Not. Sc., 1914, p. 91, fig. 4h, from Pitigliano.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1778, described as Big, reddish ovoid jar. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 33.5 cm; diameter: 32.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 9). Red impasto. Clay dark red with mica; lightly polished brick-red surface. Low neck with protruding thick lip; globular body on flat base; round horizontal handles. Surface very gritty; vase restored from several fragments; six holes on body. Cf. Montelius, pl. 239, no. 11 from Orvieto; Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 2, from Sovana; Not. Sc., 1911, p. 160, fig. 3e, from Rome; Not. Sc., 1914, p. 91, fig. 4h, from Pitigliano.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1778, described as Big, reddish ovoid jar. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 33.5 cm; diameter: 32.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 9). Red impasto. Clay dark red with mica; lightly polished brick-red surface. Low neck with protruding thick lip; globular body on flat base; round horizontal handles. Surface very gritty; vase restored from several fragments; six holes on body. Cf. Montelius, pl. 239, no. 11 from Orvieto; Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 2, from Sovana; Not. Sc., 1911, p. 160, fig. 3e, from Rome; Not. Sc., 1914, p. 91, fig. 4h, from Pitigliano.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1778, described as Big, reddish ovoid jar. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 33.5 cm; diameter: 32.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 9). Red impasto. Clay dark red with mica; lightly polished brick-red surface. Low neck with protruding thick lip; globular body on flat base; round horizontal handles. Surface very gritty; vase restored from several fragments; six holes on body. Cf. Montelius, pl. 239, no. 11 from Orvieto; Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 2, from Sovana; Not. Sc., 1911, p. 160, fig. 3e, from Rome; Not. Sc., 1914, p. 91, fig. 4h, from Pitigliano.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ovoid jar, accession number 8-1778, described as Big, reddish ovoid jar. Description from Matteucig (1951): Jar; height: 33.5 cm; diameter: 32.5 cm (see Matteucig's plate XV, 9). Red impasto. Clay dark red with mica; lightly polished brick-red surface. Low neck with protruding thick lip; globular body on flat base; round horizontal handles. Surface very gritty; vase restored from several fragments; six holes on body. Cf. Montelius, pl. 239, no. 11 from Orvieto; Not. Sc., 1902, p. 496, fig. 1, no. 2, from Sovana; Not. Sc., 1911, p. 160, fig. 3e, from Rome; Not. Sc., 1914, p. 91, fig. 4h, from Pitigliano.

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