KE 596 (Phocaean Red-Slip Stamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 157
Typological identification
Phocaean Red Slip
Comparanda
cf. LRP, pp. 360, 361, Motif 46, fig. 77:a, b (“peacock“, small and very stylized)
Description
Stamps: simple cross at center; peacock in profile (for motif see LRP, fig. 77, nos. 48-50, though no close match). Hayes Group II (5th century).
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves small part of middle of floor. Surface in good condition but sparse chipping around edges; clean breaks; faint clouds of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, no. LRB 35c, p. 98, pl. 23 (B. Adamsheck)
Preserved length
0.0658
Preserved width
0.0546
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 596 (Phocaean Red-Slip Stamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0596>