Large jug, buff earthenware, coated with green glaze. The cylindrical tapering body rests on a flat base and has a tall tapering cylindrical neck with a collar at its base and terminates in an everted rolled rim. There is a tall straight handle attached to the body and on top turns sharply slanting towards the neck.
Syria, Mesopotamia or Iran, late Parthian or Sasanian period, 3rd – 5th century A.D.
Ht. 29.8cm; Top diam. 8cm; Base diam. 14cm. Prof. Geza Fehervar Prof. Geoffrey Kin