{{Short description|Protuberance, handle or extrusion on the side of a container}} {{more citations needed|date=January 2021}} [[File:Flower Vase with Lugs, Iga ware, Edo period, 17th century - Tokyo National Museum - DSC05283.JPG|thumb|Iga ware flower vase with "ear" lugs, 17th century, Edo period]] A '''lug''' is a typically flattened protuberance, a handle or extrusion located on the side of a ceramics, jug, glass, vase, or other container. They are sometimes found on prehistoric ceramics and stone containers, such as on pots from ancient Egypt, Hembury ware, claw beakers, and boar spears.
A lug may also only be shaped as a lip for suspension–(no hole). In Ancient Egypt, lugs contained a hole for suspension, with 2– or 3–lugged vessels most common.
In Roman times, ''lugs'' were on some types of column-sections to aid in construction. After slung by rope into position with a crane, the lugs were then masoned off.
In Japan, Iga ware vases with lugs on each side are called "ears" and are an important feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirviss.com/artists/kishimoto-kennin|title=Kishimoto Kennin - Artists - Joan B Mirviss LTD - Japanese Fine Art|work=mirviss.com|accessdate=12 April 2017}}</ref>
<gallery> File:Gebel el-Arak knife mp3h8791.jpg|Single suspension lug (knob), vertical hole, of the Gebel el-Arak Knife File:Egypte louvre 294.jpg|Ancient Egyptian lugged and drilled pot of marble stone (3rd millennium BCE) </gallery>
==See also== *Package handle
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==External links== *[http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/detail.aspx?id=3204 Ancient Egypt stone pot, with suspending hole lugs.] Click on picture. *[http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/detail.aspx?id=5715 Stone pot, with suspending hole lugs.] Click on picture. *[http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/detail.aspx?id=5477 Pottery vessel] from Predynastic Egypt. Suspension 'handles'. Click on picture.
Category:Pottery
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