Eschara (ceramic)

Eschara from building Z3 by the Athenian Kerameikos, dated between 375 and 325 BC Chr.

Drawing of an eschara

As Eschara one is ancient Greek cookware called.

The mostly flat eschara, mostly made of clay , was used as a brazier in the kitchen. Their meat was roasted over an open fire. Some specimens had holders for skewers. Others were not flat, but could have a taller, cylindrical shape. Two handles were common , which were attached to the side of the pool with higher or on the upper edge of the pool for shallower specimens. They were about eight inches in diameter. Charcoal was used as fuel .

The eschara of the Berlin Antikensammlung dates from the 2nd half of the 8th century.

literature

• Lisa C. Pieraccini: Around the hearth. Caeretan cylinder-stamped braziers , Bretschneider, Rome 2003 ISBN 88-8265-224-6 , p. 163 [1]

Web links

Commons : Eschara  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Representation of different vase shapes (English)