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© Museu Comarcal de l'Urgell-Tàrrega
Omeka ID 1237
Molí d’Espígol
Protohistory and Iberian world

Iberian pottery aryballos

MCUT 3008

Object type
aryballos
Production date
-300 / -200
Fabric
common Iberian painted pottery
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
76 x 49 mm
Description
Iberian painted pottery aryballos, produced between 300-200 BC. Its painted decoration is based on bands and several horizontal parallel lines in brown-red arranged on the outer surface. The Iberian potters also produced aryballoi reproducing patterns of aryballoi/ointment jars in the south of the Iberian Peninsula. Presumably, then, these copies must have fulfilled the same functional sense and have also been designed to contain oils or ointments. This piece comes from the Iberian city of Molí d'Espígol; the context of the find is not known.

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