Discus motif: DelosXXVI, p. 128, nos. 4604, 4605, pl. 30 (P. Bruneau)
Comparanda
Discus motif: Hubinger1993, p. 73, no. 124, pl. 15 (Universität Bonn; from Rome)
Comparanda
Discus motif: LABNI, pp. 16-17, no. 13 (Collection Froehner; from Cyprus; M.-C. Hellmann)
Comparanda
Discus motif: SchaferMarczoch1990, p. 41, no. 36 (Archäologisches Museum, Frankfurt; from Egypt)
Comparanda
Discus motif: cf. Waldhauer1914, p. 40, no. 216, pl. XXI (crisp molding; Hermitage; from southern Russia)
Comparanda
Sim. signature: Heres1968, pp. 196, 207, no. 109, fig. 1, pl. 28.1-2 (discus has grapevine wreath; Staatliche Musee zu Berlin; purchased in southern Russia)
Description
Type of portrait of Hadrian right with scepter.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Pale orange fabric with a tinge of pink; hard, slightly gritty; slightly granular break; tiny, uncommon to common, poorly sorted, rounded and subrounded, lime, dark gray, and rare black bits; rarely golden micaceous? Semilustrous glaze of variable thickness over exterior, dark orange but mottled from variable firing.
Preservation comment
Intact but missing front of nozzle. Slight, extensive abrasion and scoring around edges; worn breaks; small bits of encrustation in grooves.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 29, no. 137, pls. 6, 23 (H. Williams)
