KE 1912 (Middle Roman Thin-Walled-Ware Cup with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
]Ϲ̣Ε[
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 488
Typological identification
Roman-period Painted Thin Wall Cup
Description
Small one-handled cup with short slightly flaring rim; rim has tooled offset at lower edge. Two letters partially preserved in light paint: ]Ϲ̣Ε[ . The first letter is extant only as the right end of an upper near horizontal stroke.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Very slightly granular fabric fired to ”light red” with very tiny light bits and occasional small darker inclusions, rare quartz flattened and visible on surface. Surface fired gray.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 50% of rim and part of upper body to above widest point. Slight, extensive abrasion.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, no. LRB 11c, pp. 89-90, fig. 4 (B. Adamsheck: “Motto Jug“)
Estimated diameter upper bound
0.07
Preserved height
0.041
Estimated rim diameter
0.06
Wall thickness
0.0019
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Fabric Munsell reading
10R 6/8
Drawing
File
Photograph