Mug tile

Beaker tile, Rhineland, 13th century

A cup tile , also known as a vaulted pot , is an antique to medieval oven ceramic . It has the shape of conical hollow bodies made of earthenware or stoneware and was built into the domes of heating or industrial stoves. Mug tiles have been known since the early Roman Empire .

shape

The mostly disc-turned beaker tiles usually have an elongated, bulbous, conical vessel body without a bottom with a wide, curved opening. In the archaeological context, they are often confused with vascular ceramics, especially if only individual fragments are found. However, they have no direct typological correspondence in the corresponding find inventories. In the case of Roman ovens in particular, however, incorrect fires of other vessel shapes (jugs, etc.) were often found installed instead of specially made cup tiles .

function

Cup tiles reduced the weight of the dome, which improved the stability of the furnace structure. If the vessels are inserted with the opening facing outwards, the surface of the outer skin of the furnace increases and heat is released more quickly after heating.

literature

Adolf Herrnbrodt: The Husterknupp. A castle complex on the Lower Rhine from the early Middle Ages (= Bonner Jahrbücher . Supplements 6). Cologne / Graz 1958, plate 10 / 94-96, plate 17/175.

Individual evidence

↑ Auguste Bruckner, Mercedes Vegas: The Augustian utility ceramics from Neuss (= Novaesium VI , = Limes research volume 14). Berlin 1975. Pl. 40, 16 and Pl. 41, 1-2. (Finds from an Augustan pottery kiln in the Neuss legionary camp ); Franziska Dövener: Roman-era pottery workshops in Luxembourg. Empreintes. Annuaire du Musée national d'histoire et d'art 2. Luxembourg 2009. p. 78 Fig. 2. (Finds from the vicus Dalheim (Luxembourg)).

↑ Dieter Hupka: The Roman settlement finds, commercial remains and road findings in Mönchengladbach-Mülfort. Dissertation, University of Cologne, Cologne 2015. P. 73 f. ( Digitized version )

[1] Auguste Bruckner, Mercedes Vegas: The Augustian utility ceramics from Neuss (= Novaesium VI , = Limes research volume 14). Berlin 1975. Pl. 40, 16 and Pl. 41, 1-2. (Finds from an Augustan pottery kiln in the Neuss legionary camp ); Franziska Dövener: Roman-era pottery workshops in Luxembourg. Empreintes. Annuaire du Musée national d'histoire et d'art 2. Luxembourg 2009. p. 78 Fig. 2. (Finds from the vicus Dalheim (Luxembourg)).

[2] Dieter Hupka: The Roman settlement finds, commercial remains and road findings in Mönchengladbach-Mülfort. Dissertation, University of Cologne, Cologne 2015. P. 73 f. ( Digitized version )