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
Culture or period: Sicilian Black, Banded and Plain.
Date: Late 4th century BC.
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.