Fragment of Jar

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Object Name: 
Fragment of Jar
Accession Number: 
68.1.58-21
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.3 cm; Estimate Rim Diam: about 8 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
900-1099
Primary Description: 
Fragment of Jar. Almost colorless, with greenish tinge; decorated in yellowish brown. Blown; stained. Fragment of jar. Rim everted, with rounded lip; wall (Th. 0.15 cm) has bulge just below rim, below which it curves out and down. Decorated on both surfaces. On outside: horizontal stripe (W. 0.3 cm) at bottom of rim, and second stripe (W. 0.3-0.6 cm) below bulge; beneath them, band of epigraphic or pseudo-epigraphic ornament. On inside of rim: band of contiguous solid semicircles.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Smith, Ray Winfield (American, 1897-1982), Source
1968
Category: