African Sigillata 1 Form 21

Identification: 
Hayes 147 canteen.
Description: 

Vessel with lentoid body with short neck/rim at one side; two sharply bent strap handles, one to either side of neck, attached to neck and side of body; no base.  Neck generally strongly concave, with rim straight to everted with rounded tip.  Sides of body sometimes decorated with grooves or grooves and/or bands of chattering or burnished.  Slipped on exterior.

Bibliography: 
Hayes 1972, 185; Atlante I, 49.