- KTH1312 (Early Roman Aegean Slipped Bowl) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 21, bag 1
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Pottery
- Typological identification comment
- 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, and surface description
- 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.
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.08
- Preserved height
- 0.019
- Wall thickness
- 0.0042
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH1312 (Early Roman Aegean Slipped Bowl).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1312>
