- KE 2181 (Eastern Sigillata A Hayes Form 28) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 623
- Typological identification
- Eastern Sigillata A Hayes Form 28
- Conservation
- 1960s: fine white plaster painted pale gray applied to one end of sherd.
- Description
- Dish with flaring low walls and ring foot. Wall and rim formed by convex lower band separated by concave upper band by distinct offset. Above upper band is a short lip itself marked off by distinct interior groove. There is a wide concentric groove on floor just inside of wall. Outer wall below beaded lip is rounded above carination to lower portion. Ring foot is near vertical on outer face and has concave inner face that transitions smoothly to underside of floor (only a small portion of this underside is preserved inside base).
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Where visible despite weathering, typical fabric, firing, and surface.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 15-20% of rim and base, with much of profile. Extensive, moderate to severe erosion and abrasion with rare scratching and gouging; slightly worn breaks; wide patches of gray discoloration. Weathering consistent with long submersion in marine environment.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 55 ad ER 17 (B. Adamsheck)
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.176
- Preserved height
- 0.0446
- Rim diameter
- 0.267
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 2181 (Eastern Sigillata A Hayes Form 28).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2181>
