- KTH2052 (Corinthian Sigillata Imitation Small Cup) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 26
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Eastern Sigillata A Hayes Form 47
- Typological identification
- Regional Sigillata
- Typological identification comment
- Early Roman kalathos cup e.g. ESA Hayes 47 (early-mid-1st c. CE) or less likely ESC Loeschcke 15 (mid-late 1st c. CE)
- Description
- Small cup with heavy features. Short ring base, squarish and blocky, rounded on outer face, with offset on interior. Flaring lower wall. Slipped on interior and exterior including base.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Material typical for regional ware: buff to pale brown fabric; reddish slip with a tinge of orange; fine, slightly soft fabric with smooth break; rare lime specks and very faintly micaceous; semimatte slip of variable thickness, peeling extensively in small flakes.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves roughly one third of base and small part of lower wall. Slight abrasion and chipping; worn breaks.
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.05
- Preserved height
- 0.021
- Wall thickness
- 0.0078
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH2052 (Corinthian Sigillata Imitation Small Cup).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2052>
