Birdseed workshop; jug; clay; quickly turned; hand-modeled; painted (ceramic); fired (ceramic); clay; total: height: 56.7 cm; diameter: 30.5 cm; inside of the lid: X; ceramic; ornaments; meander; animals as ornament; horse; late geometric; The body of this late geometric jug from the last decades of the 8th century BC is structured as follows. Above a low conical base rises the bulbous body and a broad; high neck that widens to the mouth. Neck and body have approximately the same height. The strap handle; which is attached to the body and reinforced on both sides by beads; ties into the muzzle from above and is connected to the neck by a round bar. The vessel is divided into individual decorative zones by 18 triple strips: The two lower ones and the base of the vessel are completely blackened. This is followed by a continuous band of standing; hatched triangles with dots in the spaces in between. The next registers are followed by a circular tangent band with dots and a diamond band with dots; above which is a frieze with birds pointing to the left and again a diamond band. Approximately halfway up; the body of the vessel is surrounded by a right-facing; hatched; hooked meander; followed by a diamond-shaped band and another bird frieze. On the shoulder there is a band of eight right-directed grazing mares and a stallion standing in front of them. Seven mares are accompanied by a foal; the eighth by a bird. The transition from the body to the neck is emphasized by a zigzag band. The lower zone at the neck is higher and divided into five fields: In the middle; a hatched; lying meander of steps; framed at the top and bottom by zigzag bands; to which two smaller standing meanders on either side of the handle zone correspond. There they frame a bird frieze oriented to the center. A hatched crenellated meander and a double triangular band complete the decoration. The mouth is decorated with a row of twelve bars. The vaulted lid is decorated on the outside in four concentr