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September 29, 2006
Friday Pot Blogging
Last week I mentioned two dipper jugs that have found secondary usage as vases on our mantle. Here they are in situ.
The one on the left likely comes from the Middle Bronze Age (1850-1550 BCE by one reckoning) notice the somewhat pointed bottom and the rather distinct shoulder (just below the neck) as compared with the more gradually sloping shoulder of the one on the right. The one on right is certainly Iron Age, probably Iron II Age (slopping shoulder with rounded bottom). Both are in fairly good shape. The larger one is about 24 cm tall while the smaller one is a little less than 14 cm tall. This type of jugglet was used for filling oil lamps with olive oil from a storage jar. Perhaps, from time to time, a few were even used as vases.
Posted by DuaneSmith at September 29, 2006 01:54 PM | Read more on Archaeology |
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Comments
Amazing that those flowers survived since the Middle Bronze Age!
Posted by: Aydin at October 1, 2006 05:40 AM
I guess they lasted that long because the plastic is not biodegradable. :-)
Posted by: Duane at October 1, 2006 08:03 AM
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