Name: Small jug
Provenance: Citadel of Mértola. Crypto-porticus.
Location: Museum of Mértola. Museum of Islamic Art
Description: Small jug with a rounded mouth, cylindrical neck and globular body. The base was not preserved. A single vertical handle of circular cross section joined the mouth to the body. The paste is white with medium-sized shale fragments. The object is decorated with three horizontal sets of dots of greenish lead glaze.
Its small size and capacity enable us to classify this piece as an item of recreational or symbolical use, most possibly a toy.
Dimensions: Height 74mm, width 77mm
Chronology: Second half of the 12th century XII / first half of the 13th century
Retrieved from: GOMEZ MARTINEZ, Susana; DÉLÈRY, Claire (2002): Museu de Mértola: Cerâmica em corda seca de Mértola. Mértola: Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, pp.91.
Small jug
Termos relacionados:
Credit
GOMEZ MARTINEZ, Susana; DÉLÈRY, Claire (2002): Museu de Mértola: Cerâmica em corda seca de Mértola. Mértola: Campo Arqueológico de Mértola, pp.91.