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E38 Jug Base

Object NameBase
ClassificationsArchaeology Excavated
LocationView by Appointment
Object numberABDMS066544
About MeThis sherd of German stoneware was found during the excavations at the Carmelite friary in Aberdeen in 1994. It is the base of a jug. Viewed from the inside, it shows the finger marks made during the throwing of this pot on a potter's wheel.

The jug is made from a smooth grey 'stoneware' - clay which has been fired to over 1200 degrees centigrade, fusing the particles together to give this smooth, watertight fabric. Siegburg is situated on the river Sieg, a tributary of the Rhine.