KM351 (Late Hellenistic-Early Roman Ephesian Fine Gray-Ware Platter) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Ephesian Fine Gray Ware
Comparanda
cf. EphesosIX.2.2, pp. 78–79, 82, no. F 8, pl. 94 (V. Mitsopoulos-Leon; Basilika am Staatsmarkt)
Comparanda
cf. EphesosIX.3, pp. 39–41, nos. K 120, K 121, pl. 13 (R. Meriç; Schachtbrunnen am Staatsmarkt)
Description
Platter. Rectangular. Flat, very smooth, top surface; flat, unfinished underside. Narrow, raised, rounded rim forms upper outer edge.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 10YR 6/1, gray. Slip: 10Y 3/1, very dark greenish gray. Hard, smooth, fine fabric with frequent mica and rare, spherical, moderately sorted, white inclu-sions. Smooth, shiny, somewhat soapy slip.
Preservation comment
Two joining fragments broken on two sides. Slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 646, 647, no. 63, fig. 17.12
Preserved length
0.062
Preserved width
0.051
Rim Height
0.006
Chronology comment
Dated mid-1st century BCE-mid-1st century CE.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph