- KE 2203 (Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 3) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 646
- Typological identification
- Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 3
- Cited by
- Hayes1985, p. 78 (EAA-Atlante II)
- Conservation
- 1960s: reconstruction with white plaster painted gray restores rim and part of wall to just under half of circumference.
- Description
- Small flanged bowl with ring foot; distinctly tooled under flange. Groove marks ring foot from lower outer wall. Turning marks on exterior. There is a single short stray diagonal tool mark on exterior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Very slightly granular fabric with tiny light bits that present a “speckled” appearance, which is known for ware; rare small rounded lime; elongated voids on exterior wall and base. Darker red (10R 4/6, “red”) slip interior slip now worn, especially at base, some gloss extant; slip on outer rim is worn away, a side effect of over firing; exterior slip is variable with drip lines.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves full profile, 25% of rim, 33% of base, and large part of body. Slight, extensive abrasion and scratching and large chips from base; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, no. LRB 20b, pp. 94-95, pl. 17 (B. Adamsheck)
- Base Diameter
- 0.044
- Height
- 0.053
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.11
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 10R 7/6
- Surface (slip) Munsell reading
- 10R 4/8 (Red)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 2203 (Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 3).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2203>
