sim. Morel1981, p. 133, types F1734a (Musée de Genève; “très probablement production de l’Italie méridionale”), F1735a (from Sybaris, Parco del Cavallo), pl. 29 (4th–3rd century BCE; similar shape but lacking grooves on interior)
Description
Bowl. Slight, angular ring foot. Steep convex wall rises to thin, projecting rim. Glazed overall. Concentric incised grooves on floor; single incised groove on upper surface of rim near interior.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 10YR 6/3, pale brown. Slip: Gley 1 2.5/3N, very dark gray. Hard, very fine fabric with rare, very small, mica and black inclusions. Somewhat thick, dull to semilustrous slip, worn in many places. Wheelmade. Imported fine gray ware, probably Campanian.
Preservation comment
Fabric: 2.5 YR 6/8, light red. Slip: 10R 4/6, red, to 10R 2.5/1, reddish black. Somewhat hard, very fine fabric with frequent, very small, black and white inclu-sions. Semilustrous to dull slip, flaky, varying in thickness and color.
“KP116 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Imported Fine Gray-Ware Bowl).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp116>