KTH0461 (African Red-Slip Hayes Form 109) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-74
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
African Red-Slip Hayes Form 109
Typological identification comment
Bonifay2004 Sigillée type 60 variante 87C/109 or 109A (last third 6th-mid-7th c.)
Description
Shallow bowl. Straight to slightly curving upper wall. Plain rim with rounded lip and sharp groove on interior.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Slightly granular, pale red fabric with rare, rounded, dark red and small, subrounded, lime inclusions. Thick, matte slip on interior, originally smoothed but now slightly pitted from weathering, somewhat darker than fabric; thinner slip with narrow turning bands on exterior.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 9% of rim and small part of upper body. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion, pitting, and scratching across surfaces and chipping around ridges; thin, sparse film of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.022
Estimated rim diameter
0.26
Wall thickness
0.0072
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH0461 (African Red-Slip Hayes Form 109).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0461>