This is a small onion bulb cup, uncovered, whole, inside the vase n°1. It measures 5.8 cm in height, 8.3 cm in diameter at the opening, 8.3 cm maximum at the belly and 2 cm in diameter at the base. The lip is rounded. The inner and outer rim of the vase, as well as the top of the body, over a width of 9 mm, are graphited. The rest of the body is painted in carmine red. The paste, well fired, is orange-brown.
Where to find it
Sens (89) Musées de Sens
Passage Moïse et 135 rue des Déportés et de la Résistance
89100 Sens
Commune of discovery
Soucy
Locality
Mocque-Bouteilles
Type of intervention
Excavation
Year of excavation
1990
Chief Scientist
Baray, Luc
Inventory number
D.90.4.24
Scope
Daily life ➔ Art of the table
Funeral ➔ Furniture associated with the deceased
Materials
Terracotta ➔ Ceramic
Chronological period
Protohistory [- 2200 / - 50] ➔ Bronze Age [- 2200/ - 800] ➔ Final Bronze Age [- 1400/ - 800]
Dimensions
H. 5.8 cm, d. 8.3 cm,
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