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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΕΥΤ]Υ̣ΧΙΑ
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 89
- Typological identification
- Roman-period Painted Thin Wall Cup
- Cited by
- SlaneWright1980b, p. 548 (rev. KenchreaiIV: “not Attic, probably Italian“)
- Description
- Cup with rounded body (no handle extant). Slightly flaring rim with distinct ridge marking lower edge from upper wall. Four character in light paint partially extant: ]Υ̣ΧΙΑ on sherd, restored as ΕΥΤ]Υ̣ΧΙΑ, a common sentiment on these vessels.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Very slightly granular fabric fired to ”light red“ with tiny light inclusions, some quartz. Exterior surface is darker, (106 6/4, “Pale Red”), interior plain and identical to exterior.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 25% of rim and upper body. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping with worn breaks, but otherwise surface in good condition.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, no. LRB 11a, pp. 89-90, pl. 22 (B. Adamsheck: “Motto Jug“)
- Preserved height
- 0.044
- Preserved width
- 0.036
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.06
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 396 (Middle Roman Painted Thin-Walled Cup).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0396>
