© Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID 1221
Pla de les Tenalles
Protohistory and Iberian world

cup

MCUT 3086

Object type
wine cup
Production date
-250 / -200
Fabric
Campanian A
Museum
Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Culture
Protohistory and Iberian world
Discovery location
Pla de les Tenalles
Materials
pottery
Township
Granyanella (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, La Segarra)
Technique
wheel-thrown
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
70 x 103 mm
Description
Cup with vertical tape handles and horizontal lugs, corresponding to fine black varnished tableware produced in Naples (Campania, Italy) between 250-200 BC. Shape Lamb. cup 49B / F 3311. The use of cups which had prototypes in metal vessels usually of silver or bronze is linked to individual consumption of liquids, especially wine. This piece was found in House 5 of the Iberian settlement of Pla de les Tenalles, in the destruction and final abandonment level of the settlement around 200 BC