KE 1329 (Hellenistic Athenian Relief Bowl: Petals) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
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, and surface description
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)
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