National Treasures

About Findings Periods The Mandatory Collection of the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
 
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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Body Sherd Krater Decorated in Relief  
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