- KTH2250+2260 (Early Roman Corinthian Sigillata Imitation Bowl) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-86
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Eastern Sigillata A Hayes Form 43
- Typological identification
- Regional Sigillata
- Typological identification comment
- Adaptation of ESA Hayes 43 (Augustan-early 1st c. CE)?
- Comparanda
- cf. KTH2264
- Description
- Bowl. Curving wall. Hanging rim, rounded over top and flattened on underside, with hook at wall. Sharp ridge on interior below rim. Short, thin, transverse lines incised across of lip; row of thin, vertical lines incised on exterior beneath rim; lower band of doubled, thin, vertical lines incised down side of vessel to top of base.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Buff fabric with a tinge of pink. Hard, fine; smooth break. Rare to uncommon, small to medium, subrounded, lime inclusions; rare, small, subangular, grey and red particles. Orangish red, thin, matte slip on interior and exterior, thinning over rim and upper wall. Regional.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds (2250+2260) preserve 10% of rim and small part of body down to articulation with base. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion and slightly chipping along edges; worn breaks; specks to small patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0409
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.155
- Wall thickness
- 0.0058
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
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“KTH2250+2260 (Early Roman Corinthian Sigillata Imitation Bowl).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2250>
