We see it today, but what is it? An intriguing figural image on ceramic vessel from Histria

The paper brings to the foreground a ceramic artefact discovered in 2023 in Histria, in the “Basilica with Crypt” Sector, in a trench located in the vicinity of the Christian monument. The item was discovered in a 6th century AD context in a fragmentary state of preservation. It belongs most probably to a large-sized plate and stands out for its decoration consisting of a partially preserved anthropomorphic representation and a graffito. The authors propose a contextual, typological and stylistic analysis of the fragment, which aims not only to reconstruct the technological and functional aspects of the ceramic fragment, but also to discuss the archaeological context that delivered it.