IAA Number: 2014-2041
| Object's Name: Body Sherd Krater (?), Vessel (?) Decorated in Relief, Semi-Divine/Divine Figure Period: Middle Roman - Late Roman Material: Pottery Site: Jerusalem, City of David Lenght: 7 cm Wide: 10.5 cm Description: Mold made vessel depicted a relief of erotic figurative scene with
grotesque style, can be interperated as a bacchanalian ceremonies.
The
nude male on the left identified as Satyr and the female as maenad.
This vessel is locally made probably at the legionary kilnworks at
the international convention center for a cultic purposes. Bibliography: Tchekhanovets Y 2013. A Roman Vessel Fragment With a Figurative Scene. In: D Ben-Ami. Jerusalem. Excavations in the Tyropoeon Valley (Giv'ati Parking Lot), Vol.I. IAAR 52: 345-346, Fig. 21: 1.
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