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Storage jar

Title Storage jar

Description This medium storage vessel has a rounded body, a wide mouth with an everted rim decorated with channellings and a foot ring. This particular one was decorated with a wide band of impressed scale-like motifs bounded by two rows of rosettes. Indigenous storage jars imitate Mediterranean models (dolia, pithoi) and were used for storing provisions; this decorated one might have been used also for ceremonial purposes. Find spot: Grădiştea de Munte – Sarmizegetusa Regia (Hunedoara county) Dimensions: rim diameter - 40 cm Material: clay, fine grey paste containing mica Technique: wheel-thrown, reduction firing

Geographic coverage Latitude:45° 37’ 23” N; Longitude: 23° 18′ 43′′ E

Historical Date The second half of the 1st century AD

Time Period Late Iron Age (Dacian)

ID 51115

Scan Type 3D

Scan Format 3DPDF

Digitization Method

Language Romanian

Rights CC BY-NC-ND

Source Deva Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization

Data Provider Deva Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization

Provider Romania