Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KP100 (Early-Middle Hellenistic Attic Wheelmade Lekane or Shallow Bowl)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): -135
Not before (date): -365
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Comparanda: cf. AgoraXXXIII, pp. 114–115, 271–272, 276–277, e.g., nos. 250, 292, 293, figs. 42, 50–52, pls. 35, 40, 41 (S. Rotroff)
Description: Lekane or shallow bowl. Horizontal projecting rim with squared lip; shallow groove on upper face near lip. Glazed upper rim and interior; unglazed exterior.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: Fabric: 5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Slip: 2.5YR 4/3, reddish brown, to 2.5YR 2.5/1, reddish black. Somewhat soft, fine fabric with frequent, very small mica and black inclusions. Thin, dull glaze, flaky, varying in color from burnt red to dark brownish red or black. Attic. Wheelmade.
Preservation comment: One small fragment preserves <25% of rim and small part of upper body. Slight abrasion and pitting; thin traces of encrustation.
Published as: Bravo2022, pp. 579, 580, no. 15, fig. 16.3
Preserved height: 0.028
Preserved length: 0.132
Preserved width: 0.039
Estimated rim diameter: 0.38
Chronology comment: Dated mid-4th-mid-2nd century BCE.
Has geographic origin: Attica
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation: “KP100 (Early-Middle Hellenistic Attic Wheelmade Lekane or Shallow Bowl).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp100>