Other objects had their own voices.
The inscriptions on these vessels are written in the first person. Puzzle jugs challenge users to drink without spilling—the secret was to suck on the correct spout while covering the other vent holes. Harvest jugs were a form of communal-drinking vessel owned by wealthy landowners and filled with beer or wine to replenish field workers at harvest time. Self-serving poems on the wares proclaimed the generosity of the landowners themselves.