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Wheel-thrown vessel

Title
Wheel-thrown vessel
Description
The recipient is of pyriform shape, used probably for storing food or liquids. It is decorated with two parallel horizontal nervures, one under the rim and the other on the shoulder of the vessel, these elements increasing the elegant note of the pot. The form is specific to the Dacian ceramics from the Orăștie Mountains.

Place of discovery: Costeşti – Ursoaia, Orăştioara de Sus commune (Hunedoara County)
Dimensions: rim D: 18 cm; foot ring D: 16 cm; H: 33 cm
Material: clay, fine paste
Technique: wheel-thrown, oxidant firing, slip
Geographic coverage
Latitude:45° 68' 78" N; Longitude: 23° 15' 08" E
Historical Date
1st century BC.
Time Period
Dacian Era
ID
22974
Scan Type
3D
Scan Format
3DPDF
Digitization Method
Language
Romanian
Rights
CC BY-NC-ND
Source
Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization, Deva
Data Provider
Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization, Deva
Provider