KE 248 (Phocaean Red-Slip Stamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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
Phocaean Red Slip
Comparanda
Group III style: relatively large, naturalistic, dotted field on upper wing, centered and singular (LRP, pp. 346-347, 349). 6th century.
Comparanda
Sim. other bird 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, hanging plumage (Group III). 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