Early Roman Aegean (1st-early 2nd century): fabric; high, heavy foot with exterior faceting.
Description
Small bowl. Splayed ring foot, somewhat heavy, with bevelled outer face and sloping inner face. Floor has small ridge above inner face of foot. Relatively thin wall curving upward from foot.
Fabric, firing, surface
Reddish brown fabric; slip medium brown with tinges of red and orange. Fine, medium hard; granular to slightly hackly break with vaguely rough surface texture. Rare, small, subrounded lime inclusions; rare tiny black specks; moderately silvery micaceous. Semimatte slip, unevenly applied, thicker and darker on interior, thinner and slightly mottled on exterior. Overall not finely crafted. Greek-Aegean, but material and technical qualities do not match major sigillata industries of Asia Minor and Levant. Possibly regional, but more mica and fewer calcareous inclusions, with poor execution and slipping, compared to other examples of “Corinthian sigillata.“
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 8% of base and small part of adjacent floor and lower wall. Severe, extensive abrasion and sparse pitting; thin patches of encrustation.
