- KTH2299 (Corinthian Sigillata Imitation Bowl or Dish) [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
- Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 2
- Typological identification
- Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 26A
- Typological identification
- Regional Sigillata
- Typological identification comment
- sim. ESC Loeschcke 26A (or Hayes 2?)
- Description
- Bowl. Straight flaring upper wall. Rim projects out horizontally; outer face is round, upper face marked by two grooves.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: buff with a tinge of pink. Slip: orangish red to dark brownish red. Very fine, somewhat soft; smooth break. Rare, small to medium, subrounded, lime chunks; rare tiny black bits; rare (micaceous?) sparkles at surface. Thin, uneven, semiglossy slip, flaking in small chips. Fine turning lines on interior and around rim. Corinthian.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves 8% of rim and small part of upper body. Moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping and rare scratching to gouging; very worn breaks. Cloud of secondary scorching across body.
- Preserved height
- 0.021
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.17
- Wall thickness
- 0.0048
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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