Bonifay2004 Sigillée type 60 variante 87C/109 or 109A (last third 6th-mid-7th c.)
Description
Shallow bowl. Slightly curving upper wall. Plain rim with rounded lip and fine groove on interior. Slipped on interior and over rim onto outside.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Slightly granular, pale red fabric with rare, dark red, small, rounded inclusions and small, subrounded, lime bits. Thick, matte slip on interior, smoothed, slightly darker than fabric; on exterior, extant wall has thin slip below rim, then drip marks, and otherwise plain.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves 8% of rim and upper body. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and scratching, chipping around edges otherwise clean breaks; specks of encrustation.
“KTH0647 (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/kth0647>