KE 2205 (Early Roman Imitation Knidian Thin-Walled Indented Cup) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects

Subject number

P 648

Typological identification comment

Knidian model: Augustan-Flavian (esp. Claudian-Neronian), close to Cosa XXVII (MarabiniMoevs1973) but perhaps deriving from eastern models in glass or bronze: KoglerMandel2004, pp. 86-87 and Kogler2010, pp. 347-349, Typ Dk.2.

Comparanda

Cf. Ke2171-P613 (same type but shape varies slightly)

Comparanda

Doksanalti2000, pp. 76-77, fig. 1:2 (Knidos)

Comparanda

Japp1999, p. 305 (Pergamon)

Comparanda

Kögler2010, p. 600, nos. Kn.413, Kn.415, fig. 65, pl. 673 (Knidos)

Comparanda

LabraundaII.1, p. 72, no. 289, pls. 15, 36

Comparanda

Rosser1985, p. 98 n. 48, fig. H:7 (Saranda Colones, Paphos)

Fabric, firing, and surface description

This is not Knidian fabric. Meander? eastern Aegean?

Preservation comment

One large sherd preserves ca. 20% of body and 15% of rim. Slight, extension abrasion and erosion across surfaces; severely worn breaks. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.

Published as

KenchreaiIV, pp. 72-73, no. ER 62b, pl. 18 (B. Adamsheck)

Estimated body diameter

0.105

Preserved height

0.0454

Estimated rim diameter

0.1

Wall thickness

0.0023-0.0031

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph

Photograph

Photograph