Jar for Liquids or Grains

5th-6th century

20 cm 29.5 cm

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A jar of this type would have been used to hold water, wine, or grain. It was probably fired in a kiln in an open area, where ash from burning wood fell on the jar and created a speckled ash glaze.

Artifact

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10135
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Beverly Becker, Bel Air, MD [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1994, by gift.
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en
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8
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