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Jugs with a rrieze
These jugs have a cenual band or frieze, comprising a decorated motif contained within an arcade, formed by cary-
atids supporting arches. The frieze is parallel-sided and enclosed between cordons. The upper and lower sections are di- vided vertically to form panels, decorated on the upper body only with impressed decorations.
Small biconic jugs BAT 2114
BAT 2002 ,
This smalljug fragment has the handle missing. The upper and lower body is divided by a series of vertical grooves into six panels. It has impressed floral decoration in upper panels and no decoration in lower panels. There are a series of cordons around the waist and above the foot. The neck is rceded. lL closely resembles Hurst, Neal and Beuningen (1986: Fig. 99.317), from Raren-Bom.
Fragments of a small jug similar lO BAT 2114. The neck is reeded or possibly multiple-cordoned. The up- per and lower body is divided into \'ertical panels with impressed floral decoration.
BAT 540
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The jug features a series ofeoats of Arms, each separated in a small, arched panel with caryatids supporting the arches. Beneath this is a frieze of writing: •-ERAV!:H-'.Thefriezeisillustrated in vonKohnemann (I982:227), reading:DerBecher und die Kann' hat mich ge11lJlcht zu einem armen Mann; wie ich nichts mehr habe, so mujJ ich lassen ab. However, the significance o f the Arms is notex- plained. Von Bock (197l:Nos 429 and 430), illus- trates a similar item from Westerwald.
