Image title: Jetavana vessel

English text:

Jetavana vessel — This elegant earthenware vessel has a Parthian (247 ВСЕ – 226 CE) or Sassanian origin (224-637 CE). It has been used to store Olive oil or some other kind of liquid. This terracotta object bears some characteristice of the vessel type called "Amphora" that has extensively circulated from the Mediterranean region to South Asia. It was discovered in 1982 from the southern vahalkada (facade) of the Jetavanarama monastery in Anuradhapura.

Sinhala text (not proofread):

ජේතවන බඳුන — පාර්තියන් (ක්‍රි.පූ. 247 - ක්‍රි.ව 226) හෝ සැසේනියන් (ක්‍රි.ව 22 637) ප්‍රභවයක් ඇති මෙම සිත්කළු බඳුන ඔලිව් තෙල් හෝ වෙනත් ද්‍රව වර්ගයක් ගබඩා කිරීම සඳහා භාවිත කරන ලද්දකි. "ඇම්පෝරා” ටෙරාකොටා නමින් බඳුන හඳුන්වන ශෛලියට අයත් මෙම 1982 වර්ෂයේ දී අනුරාධපුර ජේතවනාරාමයේ දකුණු වාහල්කඩ කැණීමෙන් සොයා ගන්නා ලද්දකි.

Transcription:

jētavana banduna — pārtiyan (kri.pū. 247 - kri.va 226) hō sæsēniyan (kri.va 22 637) prabhavayak æti mema sitkaḷu banduna oliv tel hō venat drava vargayak gabaḍā kirīma sandahā bhāvita karana laddaki. "æmpōrā” ṭerākoṭā namin banduna handunvana śaĩliyaṭa ayat mema 1982 varṣayē dī anurādhapura jētavanārāmayē dakuṇu vāhalkaḍa kæṇīmen soyā gannā laddaki.

Transcription:

jetavana banduna — partiyan (kri.pu. 247 - kri.va 226) ho saseniyan (kri.va 22 637) prabhavayak ati mema sitkalu banduna oliv tel ho venat drava vargayak gabada kirima sandaha bhavita karana laddaki. "ampora” terakota namin banduna handunvana shailiyata ayat mema 1982 varshaye di anuradhapura jetavanaramaye dakunu vahalkada kanimen soya ganna laddaki.

Automated translation (not verified):

Jetavana Pot — This black pot of Parthian (247 BC - 226 AD) or Sassanian (22 637 AD) provenance was used to store olive oil or some other liquid. It belongs to the style known as "Amphora" terracotta pot and was found in the year 1982 during the excavation of South Vahalkada in Anuradhapura Jethavanarama.

Gallery information:

These photos were taken at the Maritime Museum in Galle (Sri Lanka) which include objects recovered from the 2nd century B.C. Godawaya shipwreck. The Maritime Museum is housed in Galle's historic Dutch warehouse (built in 1671) and opened its doors on May 9, 1992. The Maritime Archaeology Museum is serving as a centre of education for various groups of visitors and researchers of Southern region of Sri Lanka.