Corinthian echinus bowl. Profile consists of flaring, convex wall rising to sharply inturned rim with simple lip. Black glaze overall save for reserved band on lip. Late Classical-Early Hellenistic.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fine, hard clay with very few tiny voids and inclusions. Fleeting, semi-lustrous black glaze.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves roughly 5% of rim and upper body. Moderate, extensive abrasion, chipping, and scratching; traces of encrustation.
“KTH0214 (Late Classical-Early Hellenistic Corinthian Echinus Bowl).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0214>