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3D Model

Dacian cup

The cup has the shape of a truncated cone with slightly curved walls, a wide rim and a narrow bottom. The handle, quadrilateral in cross-section, is inserted under the rim and near the bottom. It was decorated with small oblique incisions near the base. Most specialists consider the vessel to have been used as a cup-like oil-lamp, as it has traces of secondary burning on the inside. It is possible to have been used also in rituals, considering some Dacian archaeological contexts.

Findspot: Costeşti – Cetăţuie, commune of Orăştioara (Hunedoara County)

Dimensions: height – 6.5 cm; rim diameter – 13.5 cm; base diameter – 5.1 cm

Material: clay; rough brick-red paste containing sand

Technique: hand-built; oxidation firing.

Historical Date: 1st century AD

Time period: Late Iron Age (Dacian)

Digitization Method: 3D Laser scanning by a Team from Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Data Provider: National Museum of Transylvanian History, Cluj-Napoca.