- KTH2264 (Early Roman Corinthian Red-Slipped Bowl) [permalink] [show fewer 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
- Regional Sigillata
- Comparanda
- cf. KTH2250+2260
- Description
- Bowl. Curving upper wall. Everted rim with rounded top and lip. Row of bulging, vertical lines incised on exterior below lip.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Buff fabric with a tinge of pink. Medium hard, fine; smooth break. Rare, small, subrounded, lime inclusions; very rare, small, subangular, dark bits; faint sparkles at surface (micaceous?). Orangish red with a tinge of brown, thin, even, semimatte slip on interior and exterior, peeling everywhere in small flakes. Regional.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 8% of rim and small part of uppermost wall. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion with chipping along edges; worn breaks; rare specks to small patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0121
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.18
- Wall thickness
- 0.0041
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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