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Ovoid jar

Title Ovoid jar

Description The vessel has the shape of a bi-truncated cone with its maximum diameter situated in its lower side. It has an everted rim, the bottom is narrow. The upper side of its body is ornamented with four circular bosses. It was used, most probably as a storage jar. Find spot: Costeşti – Cetăţuie (Hunedoara county) Dimensions: height - 53,5 cm; rim diameter - 23,1 cm; maximum diameter - 36,5 cm Material: semi-fine brown-yellow paste, containing mica and sand Technique: wheel-thrown, oxidation firing

Geographic coverage Latitude:45° 40' 50"N; Longitude: 23° 09' 20"E

Historical Date 1st Century AD

Time Period Late Iron Age (Dacian)

ID V 289

Scan Type 3D

Scan Format 3DPDF

Digitization Method

Language Romanian

Rights CC BY-NC-ND

Source National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca

Data Provider National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca

Provider Romania