Acquisition number: 1966.29
Intact. Cream-buff clay. Out-turned lip and carinated body; rounded base; strap handle sitting close to the body. Unpainted.
Title: Sicilian Plain Mug - 1966.29
Acquisition number: 1966.29
Acquisition source or name: Woite Collection.
Acquisition year: 1966
Owner type: ANU Classics Museum
Culture or period: Sicilian Black, Banded and Plain.
Date: Late 4th century BC.
Date century or Timeline (notional): 399 to 300
Material: Clay - Terracotta
Object type: Vessels - Cup/mug
Dimensions: 85mm (w) × 79mm (h)
Origin region or location: Italy
Origin city: Possibly Gela.
Display case or on loan: 10
Keywords: Sicilian, Gela, Woite Collection
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 71.
1966.29
Sicilian Plain Mug
From the Woite Collection; probably from the area of Gela, Sicily. Ht (lip) 7.9cm; diam. 8.5cm.
Intact. Cream-buff clay. Out-turned lip and carinated body; rounded base; strap handle sitting close to the body. Unpainted.
Compare Monumenti Antichi 46, 1963, 328 fig.41, 2 (Agrigento) which has a foot and a somewhat different mouth but is similar in general character. Perhaps later fourth century BC.
See 1966.01-1966.42 in this catalogue for all material from the Woite Collection in the ANU collection.
J.R. Green with B. Rawson, Catalogue of Antiquities in the Australian National University, A.N.U. (Canberra, 1981) 71.
1966.29
Sicilian plain mug
c. later 4th century BC.
From the Woite Collection.
Intact.