cf. AgoraV, no. L 59, p. 80, pls. 36, 70 (H. S. Robinson)
Conservation
1960s: mending with shellac and minor reconstruction with white plaster.
Description
Dish. Nearly flat floor, raised near center. Curving wall. Vertical, overhanging, thickened rim with triangular profile has slight hook underneath. Stamped decoration inside two concentric grooves around center of floor, with central stamp of same motif. Of 11 identical stamps, 9 of 10 arranged around center are well preserved, only a corner of one survives, and one is almost entirely worn away; central stamp is very worn but clearly present. Stamped motif: rosette inside hatched square border (cf. ARS Hayes Style A(ii)). All stamps have approximately same orientation, not radial to center; that is, potter did not rotate stamp when creating circle around center.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fine fabric fired light red has occasional small, dark, rounded and angular stones and rare, small, lime. Thin, even, matte slip on all surfaces distinctly darker red than fabric. Slip shows brush marks, some applied when vessel rotating; some on floor outside concentric grooves are straight and so represent retouch. Start or end of one stroke is extant and created a slight depression in the floor, indicating a somewhat stiff brush.
Preservation comment
Five joining sherds preserve ca. 70% of vessel including full profile and over 50% of rim circumference. Surface flaking away in patches from erosion and abrasion; scattered encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, no. LRB 23a, pp. 94-95, pl. 22 (B. Adamsheck)
