The large storage vessel had a face on each of two opposite sides. Eyes, mouth, nose, ears and eyebrows were made of thin beads of clay. Small punctures and scratches indicate eyelashes, beard hair and eyebrows. Two phalli were attached between the two faces - also placed three-dimensionally.
This very fine and thin-walled black varnish ceramic was produced exclusively in Trier potteries in the 3rd and 4th centuries and delivered to the Gallic and Germanic provinces. Characteristic of the ceramic genre is a shiny metallic coating and mostly white decorations and inscriptions applied using the barbotine technique.
The shiny red-covered bowl was made in Rheinzabern. It comes from the production of the potter Julis II. A special feature is the chained dog, applied freehand using the barbotine technique, on the wide edge of the bowl.
Cup of the form Dragendorff 30. In the center of the shard there is a female figure in a robe turned to the right, above which the remains of a bearded head looking to the left can be seen.
Bowl of the form Dragendorff 37 with the potter's stamp LVTIIVOSF, read as LUTEVOS FECIT, i.e. “Lutevos made it (the vessel)”.
Terra sigillata vessel of the form Dragendorff 37 in the style of Satto from the Sigillata pottery of Blickweiler (Saarpfalz district). To the left of a tree wrapped in vines you can see a seated man dressed in Phrygian costume. To the right, Mars is walking with a lance in his hand and a tropaion (temporary monument to a battle made of pieces of armor and weapons) on his left shoulder.
The lamp shows the typical face of a Silenus with a shaggy beard and a pinched nose. The Silenus refers to an aging satyr, who is handed down in ancient mythology as a nature-loving hybrid of a human and a horse or goat.
Glauberg and its immediate surroundings have always been a popular settlement area. A settlement at the foot of Glauberg is documented as early as the time of the first Neolithic farmers, the Bandkeramic culture (approx. 5500 - 4900 BC).
The strong male figure stands on his right leg and has his left rested at the side. The right arm is stretched forward, the lost hand opened upwards. The left hand is pierced and was holding a rod-shaped object. The face is framed by a thick beard and full, curly hair
The people we are taking a closer look at in our special exhibition “CELTEN LAND HESSEN – A new era begins” shaped the Iron Age in Germany. They founded large city-like settlements long before the Middle Ages.
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