KP449 (Late Roman Red-Slip Dish) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
Description
Wide plate. Flat floor; very low ring base with pointed resting surface but rounded on both face. Perhaps low curving walls.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Very fine fabric fired to consistent pale brownish-red. Uncommon small, dark, angular bits, many visible flattened on underside; rare tiny dark bits visible in break; micaceous. Slip is slightly darker and redder than fabric where best preserved, though distinctly lighter and more brown than typical Phocaean Red-Slip. In its original state slip was very well smoothed. Underside is essentially plain with brush marks. Central or southern Greek?
Preservation comment
One sherd preserving ca. 5% of base and small part of lower wall. Slip is worn on interior but preserves original well-smoothed surface in patches. Slight chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; wide areas of thin, patchy brownish white encrustation.
Estimated base diameter
0.36
Base Diameter preserved
5.0
Preserved height
0.011
Preserved width
0.086
Wall thickness
0.0027-0.0031
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Fabric Munsell reading
5YR 7/8
Surface (slip) Munsell reading
2.5YR 7/8
Drawing
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