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This jug is attributed to one of the workshops producing lead-glazed vessels at Tarsus in southeast Asia Minor. Most of the production was devoted to making drinking cups, and this is a rare example of a different shape that was clearly much influenced by contemporary metalwork.
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Title: Terracotta jug
Period: Early Imperial, Julio-Claudian
Date: 1st half of 1st century CE
Culture: Roman, Asia Minor, Tarsus
Medium: Terracotta; lead-glazed ware
Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm)
Classification: Vases
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1945
Object Number: 45.11.6
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