Object photograph·fol. 24r

Terracotta jugs, juglets and bowls in rows

Rows of pottery vessels with handles and painted bands, arranged on a dark ground — Photograph: Lawrence-Cesnola album, 1881. Wellcome Collection, London, fol. 24r. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

About thirty clay vessels are arranged in three rows on a dark background. Jugs with handles, juglets, a tall footed vessel and a large striped jar stand among rounded lids and a cylindrical pot. Many have painted bands, rings and simple linear patterns, and some have spouts or loop handles.

English

Terracotta jugs, juglets and bowls in rows: one of the sixty photographs of finds from Alexander Palma di Cesnola's excavations of 1876–1879 mounted in the album, on fol. 24r.