Rome / Neck Sherd? / Clay (unfired) / Slip

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.0720
Object Name: Neck Sherd?
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Lot: Meader, Cecil
Object Category: Ceramic
Object Type: Pottery
Full Artifact Description: Neck (?) fragment of bottle imitating Arrentine ware with face of Silenus depicted front and crisscrossing double lines back, perhaps intended as hair. Silenus is given low hairline of symmetrical array of short schematic incised lines, brow represented similarly, facial hair indicated incised lines, brow represented similarly, facial hair indicated in long thin tresses with irregular incision. Linear treatment of wrinkles of nose and eyes, pupils indicated. Three necking rings of fragment and five rings around base, Light tan clay moulded hollow in two halves and sealed at side. Red slip. Walls 0.6 cm.
Subjects: Silenus
Materials: Clay (unfired); Slip

Measurements

Width: 2.7
Height: 5.5

Provenance

Provenance: Italy
Site: Rome

Publications and Exhibitions

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 109 KB
Record: 0000.00.0720
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0720/0000_00_0720p01.tif

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Full citation: "Rome; Neck Sherd?; Clay (unfired); Slip." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.0720/0000_00_0720p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2024.