KP376+KP415 (Middle Roman Corinthian Relief-Ware Bowl) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Corinthian Relief Ware
Typological identification comment
Decoration: Spitzer Group I, scenes f, k, i (Spitzer1942)=Malfitana gruppo I, scene VIII, XI, XII, 2a sequenza (Malfitana2007)
Typological identification comment
Form: Malfitana forma 1, tipo 9 (Malfitana2007)
Comparanda
cf. Clement1976, p. 230, pl. 169:a–c=MartyPeppers1979, pp. 334, 465, 480, no. X447, figs. 118:a, 134:e (East Field, Isthmia)
Comparanda
cf. Courby1922, pp. 438–439, 441, fig. 94 (Musées royaux d’art et d’histoire, Brussels)
Comparanda
cf. Dekoulakou1983, p. 102, pl. 57:β (Patras)
Comparanda
cf. Papapostolou1977, p. 210, pl. 176:ε (Patras)
Comparanda
cf. Spitzer1942, pp. 168–171, figs. 6, 7 (Corinth)
Description
Cylindrical bowl. Frieze panel with fillet below and fillet, undulating band (like cyma recta), and fillet above. Projecting, squared rim with rounded upper edge. Molded on wall in low relief: Heracles wrestling wild horse of Diomedes; Heracles dragging Cerberus; and Heracles seeking the apples in the Garden of the Hesperides.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric: 5YR 6/8, reddish yellow. Slip: 2.5YR 6/8, light red. Fine, soft fabric with rare, very small, spherical, white inclusions.
Preservation comment
Three joining fragments (376+415) preserve ca. 33% of body with figural frieze and upper molding to rim. Severe abrasion; moderate patches of encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 598, 673-674, no. 137, fig. 17.25
Preserved height
0.067
Estimated rim diameter
0.14
Chronology comment
Dated 3rd century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Herakles/Hercules (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Mythological Animal (Visual Motif)
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KP415+KP376 (Middle Roman Corinthian Relief-Ware Bowl)

Suggested citation
“KP376+KP415 (Middle Roman Corinthian 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/kp376>