KE 2280 (Eastern Sigillata A Large Pitcher) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 725
Typological identification
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata A
Typological identification comment
Exact form not in Hayes1985, but cf. Form 116 for overall design and scale (p. 46, pl. pl. X:8).
Conservation
March 16, 2024: A. Kandri rejoined with Acryloid B-72 and patching gauze.
Description
Large pitcher. Wide, low ring base rounded on outer face but sloping on interior. Rounded lower body. Two sharp grooves near base and one at shoulder frame zone of vertical grooving, evenly spaced, cut from bottom to top: imitation of fluting on metal vessels.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Material typical for ware. Slip over entire outside and partly inside with long drip down to floor. Somewhat thin, orangish red but mottled, so far as can be discerned through weathering.
Preservation comment
Four large joining sherds preserve entire base and part of lower to middle body. Faint abrasion and light chipping and gouging; very worn breaks. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 130, no. RC 55, pl. 35 (B. Adamsheck)
Base Diameter
0.104
Body diameter
0.172
Preserved height
0.112
Wall thickness
0.0043-0.0050
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 2280 (Eastern Sigillata A Large Pitcher).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2280>