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"Dacian cup"

Title "Dacian cup"

Description The vessel has a truncated body, a rounded rim and a straight flat bottom. The large handle is attached to the rim and the bottom. The ornaments are impressed cordons placed horizontally under the rim and at the base of the handle, as well as vertically. This type of cup was mainly used for lighting, the vessel contained liquid fats on which there was a fuse floating on a wooden rest. This type of vessel is less frequent among the pottery finds in the Orăştiei Mountains Dacian settlement area, then it is in many other Dacian settlements. Find spot: Grădiştea de Munte – Feţele Albe (Hunedoara county) Dimensions: height - 8,5 cm; rim diameter: 17,7 cm Material: clay, coarse reddish paste Technique: hand built, oxidation firing

Geographic coverage Latitude:45° 37' 33''N; Longitude: 23° 16' 44''E

Historical Date 1st century AD

Time Period Late Iron Age (Dacian)

ID V 18551

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