Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Pitcher

Detailed information

Name of the object

Pitcher

Inventory №

2631

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Clay

Dimensions and weight

Height 16,5 cm, diameter of the body 13 cm, diameter of the body 6 cm, diameter of the mouth 1,5 cm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

Antiquity

Item description

Pitcher of red clay, thrown on potter’s wheel. Neck in the shape of truncated cone projecting to mouth shaped as biconical whorl, handle with incised strip at centre. Ringlike foot. Found near the village of Madara – to the northwest of Mogilite area.
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