22/2010
In ancient Egypt kohl pots were used for storing cosmetics, traces of which remain inside this jar.
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25/2010
The faces decorating this jar include a person and a cow wearing Egyptian head-dresses.
55/1924/10
This ancient Greek unguent bottle or alabastron has a round base, one small vertical lug handle and a round flattened lip.
526/1989/114
This bowl was made in the area near the Roman fortress.
1891/2/8
This ancient Greek jar is called a Lebes Gamikos and was used in a marriage ceremony.
526/1989/74
The shape of this Roman jar is unusual as it is derived from local Iron Age forms of pottery.
49/1949/59b
This Roman glass jar was donated to the museum in 1949.
44/1951/37a
This ancient pottery vessel has been in the museum collections for many years, but it was not recorded where it was found or who donated it to the museum.
49/1949/34d
This cup was made in the Cypriot Bronze Age.
448/2009/3/2/1
This delicate little vessel was was imported from Spain during the period when Exeter was a Roman fortress (about 50-70 AD).
52/1963/9a
This large jug or amphora was made during the Cypriot Bronze Age.
171/2008/3/3/1
One of three green glazed French jugs found during excavations at Smythen Street/Market Street in Exeter.
52/1963/9b
This jug has a trefoil spout and is decorated with brown lines.
171/2008/3/3/2
171/2008/3/3/3
929/1910a
This is a poppy-head vase formed from three joined bottles, one of which is now missing.
915/1910a
This jug was made during the Cypriot Iron Age.
389/1975
This ancient Greek vessel has been in the museum’s collections for many years but unfortunately it was not recorded where it was found or who donated it to the museum.
444/1975
This is an ancient Greek Corinthian ware oil jar, or aryballos.
435/1975
This is an ancient Greek stemless, undecorated drinking cup or ‘kylix’ with a short foot and a single handle on the side of the bowl.
436/1975
This is an ancient Greek pottery lid made during the Greek Bronze Age.
363/1975
The decorative ribbing on this ancient Greek pottery vessel imitates more expensive metal items.
316/1975
This is an ancient Greek aryballos or oil jar.
434/1975
This is an ancient Greek ring-based amphora dating from the Bronze Age.
349/1975
This ancient Greek jug or lekythos retains traces of black slip on the surface and is heavily concreted.
448/1975
This is a very small amphora decorated with dark green glaze.
5/1946/692
This ancient Greek drinking cup is decorated with very simple bands or lines.
49/1949/51
This ancient Greek bowl is recorded in the museum catalogues as being a funerary tazza, a shallow bowl used by mourners and in burials.
5/1946/646
This jar was used for straining wine in Ancient Greece.
49/1949/49d
This is an undecorated coarse ware round based jar made in ancient Greece.