Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KP130 (Middle-Late Hellenistic Coirinthian(?) Molded Relief-Ware Bowl)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Comparanda: sim. Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 48.130=Siebert1978, pp. 37, 131, pl. 16 (dancing Eros playing diaulos)
Comparanda: sim. DelosXXXI.1, pp. 87, 125, nos. 1359 + 9302, 3204, 3205, pls. 119, 122 (A. Laumonier; erotes)
Comparanda: sim. Walter1958, p. 46, pl. 11=Siebert1978, pp. 117–118, no. Ol.7, pl. 53 (celebrant)
Description: Molded relief ware, figured bowl. Perhaps Corinthian product, but the color of the fabric is unusual. Molded on lower to middle wall in low relief, raised band below: male figure striding right, right leg over left, with left arm bent at elbow and outstretched to hold indeterminate object below. Probably striding Eros or dancer motif.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: Fabric: 2.5YR 6/4, light reddish brown. Slip: 5YR 5/6, yellowish red. Somewhat soft, fine fabric with rare, very small white inclusions. Thin, uneven, somewhat dull slip, abraded in places.
Preservation comment: One small fragment preserves small part of figured frieze on wall. Slight abrasion; slight patches of encrustation.
Published as: Bravo2022, pp. 570, 579, no. 13, fig. 16.3
Preserved height: 0.051
Preserved width: 0.035
Chronology comment: Dated 2nd century?
Belongs to Historical Period: Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period: Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation: “KP130 (Middle-Late Hellenistic Coirinthian(?) Molded Relief-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/kp130>