KE 2119 (Early Roman Ephesian Fine Gray-Ware Platter) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 564
Typological identification
Ephesian Fine Gray-Ware Platter
Conservation
1960s; refitted with shellac and two small areas of infilling with white plaster painted black.
Description
Large platter. Low, small ring foot with sloping interior edge. Upturned rim, rounded and triangular in profile. A common “Ephesian” form.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Micaceous gray fabric. Darker slip extant only in a few patches under and near rim.
Preservation comment
Seven large sherds preserve ca. 55% of rim and body with small part of base. Surface mostly in good condition but rare gouging; worn breaks.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 68, no. ER 52a, pl. 17, fig. 9 (B. Adamsheck)
Estimated base diameter
0.14
Height
0.02
Rim diameter
0.436e0
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph