Bonifay2004 Sigillée type 55 variante B/C (end 6th-beginning 7th c.)
Comparanda
cf. LRP, pp. 153, 154, 155, no. 23, fig. 28=SlaneSanders2005, pp. 267, 268, no. 3-8, fig. 8 (Baths of Aphrodite, Corinth [no. C-56-15], ca. A.D. 600)
Conservation
1960s: sherds joined with shellac and infilling with white plaster painted gray.
Description
Shallow bowl with rounded walls and thickened rim. Rim has rounded outer profile and slight hook below. Offset marks floor from lower wall. Low foot with triangular profile. No stamped decoration.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Refitting hides fabric, though usual for ware with one light chunk observed exploding on underside of foot. Some elongated voids visible on exterior surface. Thick, matte slip on extant exterior surfaces and over rim; exterior otherwise plain to thinly slipped.
Preservation comment
Eight joining sherds preserve profile, most of base, and 40% of rim. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive erosion, abrasion, and pitting and occasional gouging and chipping; thin patches of encrustation.
“KE 788 (African Red-Slip Hayes Form 99B/C).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0788>