KE 1329 (Hellenistic Athenian Relief Bowl: Petals) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 365
Typological identification
Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl“)
Conservation
1960s: joined with natural shellac and infilled with white plaster painted buff.
Fabric, firing, surface
Yellowish buff, consistently fired(?); hard, very fine, smooth breaking; rare lime specks. Thin, even, semilustrous slip over all surfaces, fired dark gray to black but mottled; peeling everywhere. Corinthian?
Preservation comment
Seven joining fragments preserve ca. 25% of rim and wall with full profile. Moderate, extensive abrasion and rare pitting across relief; worn breaks; no encrustation (but cleaned in conservation).
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 15, no. Gr 34, pl. 4 (B. Adamsheck)
Preserved height
0.0789
Estimated rim diameter
0.129
Wall thickness
0.0063
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Linked to

KE 1328 (Italian Sigillata Conspectus Form 4.4 with Stamp and Graffito)