- KE 3 (Early Roman Pontic Bowl) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- <hedera> ⲤΤΕΦΑΝΟΥ <hedera>
- Logical part of
- Area B (northwest side of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 1
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Pottery
- Typological identification comment
- Pontic-Moesian/Lower Danube sigillata
- Cited by
- SlaneWright1980b, p. 548 (rev. KenchreaiIV: dates context to last quarter 1st-first half 2nd century)
- Comparanda
- cf. MocanuNutu2023, p. 206, fig. VII:6-8 (Aegyssus)
- Comparanda
- cf. Nutuetal2014, pp. 134, 135, fig. 1:6 (Aegyssus, “specific to the workshops from the north of the province of Moesia inferior“)
- Conservation
- 1960s: rejoined with natural shellac and infilled with white plaster painted pink.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale pinkish orange fabric, consistently fired; very fine, hard; smooth break. Very rare, small, angular lime inclusions, occasionally spalling; frequent tiny silvery micaceous sparkles visible on surface. Thin, slightly uneven, semimatte slip, pale red with a tinge of orange, over whole interior and dripped over rim. Thin turning spirals on outside and prominent turning grooves; faceted. Exterior carefully smoothed to low gloss. Dense scratches on interior from use.
- Preservation comment
- Three joining sherds preserve 65% of rim and entire bottom and much of wall. Slight, extensive abrasion and rare scratching; no encrustation (but cleaned in conservation).
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, no. ER 77, p. 78, pl. 20 (B. Adamsheck)
- Base Diameter
- 0.04
- Height
- 0.0527
- Rim diameter
- 0.1528
- Wall thickness
- 0.0032-0.0048
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
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“KE 3 (Early Roman Pontic Bowl).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0003>
