- KE 2074 (Eastern Sigillata A Hayes Form 22B with graffito) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΑΛ
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 536
- Typological identification
- Eastern Sigillata A Hayes Form 22
- Cited by
- Hayes1985, pp. 23-24, pl. III (“Tipo B“; EAA-Atlante II)
- Conservation
- 1960s: sherds mended with shellac and infilled with white plaster.
- Description
- Bowl with ring foot. Rounded walls. Plain rim with narrowed lip. Ring foot with sloping interior face is marked off from floor of vessel by distinct tooled groove. Distinct tooled spiral at center of underside of base. Inscribed on base to left of spiral: ΑΛ (read downward).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fine fabric with distinct red slip; there is some discoloring of fabric, as shown by lighter and pinker patches, and of the slip, which is now very dull. The ”double-dipping line“ is present and run across the center of the vessel.
- Preservation comment
- Three joining sherds preserve ca. 35% of rim, full profile, and entire base. Moderate, extensive abrasion with frequent pitting and scratchingl minor chipping around rim; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, no. ER 20a, p. 56, pl. 14 (B. Adamsheck)
- Base Diameter
- 0.07
- Height
- 0.069
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.147
- Wall thickness
- 0.0034
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 2074 (Eastern Sigillata A Hayes Form 22B with graffito).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2074>
