Title: Jar with Offset Lip - 2009.03.2
Acquisition number: 2009.03
Author or editor: J.R. Green
Culture or period: Punic.
Date: 6th century BC. Phase II.
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Vessels - Jar
Dimensions: 177mm (h)
Origin region or location: Malta
Display case or on loan: 2
Keywords: Maltese, Punic
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 41 no. 4.
2009.03.2
Jar with offset lip
Ht 17.7cm.
(Parliament of Australia inventory number 01/0069.002)
Intact but for one handle which has been broken and rejoined. There are accretions over most of the surface. Rough, cream-buff clay. Simple square-edged lip. On the shoulder a pair of vertical handles of circular section. Flat base. Unpainted.
Placed by Sagona in Phase II: sixth century BC.
C. Sagona, Mediterranean Archaeology 9-10, 1996-97, 41 no. 4.
Parliament of Australia.
Parliament Dr, Canberra ACT 2600.