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© Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID 1241
Molí d’Espígol
Protohistory and Iberian world

fish dish

MCUT 3001

Object type
fish plate
Production date
-300 / -200
Fabric
Roses workshop black varnish
Museum
Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Culture
Protohistory and Iberian world
Discovery location
Molí d’Espígol
Materials
pottery
Township
Tornabous (Europa, Espanya, Catalunya, Lleida, Urgell)
Technique
wheel-thrown
Where is it?
Exposició permanent
Dimensions
44 x 234 mm
Description
Dish with fine black varnish produced in the ancient Greek colony of Roses (Alt Emporda) between 300-200 BC. It has reserved grooves in the area of ​​the edge and the inner bowl. This type of dish, called "fish dish" because of the typical decoration of fish on the examples of black varnished Attic pottery, would have been used for consumption (probably collective) or the presentation of solid food, especially fish, for the reason mentioned. The function of the central bowl is not clear; it is speculated that it was a small receptacle for containing a sauce or condiment to accompany the food that was served on the plate; otherwise, it has been proposed that the bowl might have served as a small container / tank designed to collect and concentrate juice or liquid released by the food arranged on the plate. This dish was found on Floor 24 of the Iberian city of Molí d'Espígol, in the final abandonment level of the settlement around 200 BC

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