NM Ant 0445
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tankard
- Object description
- Globular, depressed body; tall, wide, concave neck; wide, horizontal rim; flat strap handle from rim to shoulder; horn-shaped projection on upper handle (thumb grip); flattened base. Handmade, with ‘shaved’ surface. Hard, brick clay; buff slip; matt, dark brown and reddish brown paint. Broad line encircling base. Four groups of four vertical parallel broad lines on lower body. Two parallel, broad lines encircling mid-body. Seven groups of four parallel vertical lines on shoulder. Broad line encircling neck-base. The neck is decorated with antithetic latticed triangles forming reserved lozenges with a painted disc in the centre. Neck-decoration framed by broad lines. Broad line encircling inside and outside of rim. Diagonal and horizontal lines on outside of handle and on both sides of projection. Sides of handle and projection painted.
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