KTH0688 (African Red-Slip Hayes Form 50A) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-66
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
African Red-Slip Hayes Form 50A
Typological identification comment
Scale and thickness of wall indicates middle of development: late 3rd-early 4th cs.
Description
Large dish. Thin wall, straight flaring. Plain lip, tapered and rounded. Wide, flat floor; small ring foot.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fine, hard, pale brownish red fabric with no visible inclusions. Thick, even, semilustrous slip on all surfaces, smoothed though with some smoothing marks visible, darker and redder than fabric.
Preservation comment
Two non-joining sherds, one preserving 7% of rim and small part of upper body and one preserving 5% of foot and small part of lower body. Clean breaks with rare chips; sparse specks of encrustation especially on floor.
Estimated base diameter
0.16
Rim diameter
0.32
Wall thickness
0.0051
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“ KTH0688 (African Red-Slip Hayes Form 50A).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0688>