Trozella
55-5-3
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | 55-5-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Messapian |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 400-350 BCE |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Description | Spreading, trumpet shaped foot; half-ovoid body; truncated conical neck; overhanging lip. Broad strap handle (second handle missing) rising steeply from shoulder to point well above lip and descending steeply down to edge of lip; a pair of rotelles at base of handle and at highest point. Glaze decoration on buff ground: upper surface of foot solidly glazed; band and lines around greatest circumference of body; neck panels with lattice diamonds; on each rotelle is an asterisk with a dot in each interval. Triple vertical lines on outside of handle. A single swastika, with a dot between each leg, on front & back. One handle missing, part of rim mended. Otherwise intact. Red-brown glaze. |
| Height | 23.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1955 |
| Other Number | L-64-265 - Old Loan Number | ' 23-1928-26 - Collector Number |
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