KE 248 (Late Roman C Ware Stamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area B (northwest side of harbor)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 49
Typological identification
Late Roman C Ware with Stamped Decoration
Typological identification
Unclassified Late Roman C Ware
Comparanda
sim. stamps: LRP, pp. 360, 361-362, fig. 77f (Motif 48, peacock right Group III; from Athenian Agora), 77g, 77h (Motifs 49, 50: partridge? peahens? Group III; from Athenian Agora and Delos).
Description
Stamp: bird (partridge?) with head reversed; elaborate details of spotted body, wing folded back, dotted field on upper wing, hanging plumage; relatively large, naturalistic; centered and singular (LRP, pp. 346-347, 349: Group III, 6th century). Single groove.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, no. LRB 35g, p. 99, pl. 24 (B. Adamsheck)
Preserved length
0.0844
Preserved width
0.0595
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Drawing
File
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 248 (Late Roman C Ware Stamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0248>