cf. Pagenstecher1913, pp. 194–195, no. 2, pl. XXI (no. ZV 2600 G, Old Albertinum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden; from Alexandria)
Comparanda
cf. unpublished no. 7906, Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Universität Tübingen (from the Asklepieion on Kos)
Description
Patera. Four molded, concentric rings on underside near outside of base; within this is relief with curved outline, presumably a rosette. Slight depression at margin of floor setting off row of globules. Inside globules, emblema in deep molded relief: head of bearded male with rounded features wearing ivy crown in three-quarters view, turning right to bushy thyrsus. Upper half of base molded separately and then conjoined to lower half, leaving narrow crease through middle; two small airholes pierced in floor beside figural relief. Convex lower wall is fluted with flattened ridges. Type of ithyphallic Silenus reclining on sea leopard.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 5YR 7/3, pink. Slip: 2.5YR 5/6, red. Fine, hard fabric with uncom-mon mica and small, rare, subangular, white, red, and black inclusions. Thin, even, semilustrous slip preserved in patches.
Preservation comment
Four joining fragments preserve ca. 25% base with upper part of figural relief. Slight gouging; slight, sparse encrustation.
“KP358 (Knidian Relief-Ware Patera, Emblema).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp358>