- KTH2425 (Late Roman Athenian Red-Slip Imitation Bowl) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 102
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- African Red-Slip Hayes Form 53A
- Typological identification
- Athenian Late Roman Red Slip
- Typological identification comment
- Athenian imitation ARS Hayes Form 53A.2
- Description
- Low bowl or dish. Flaring, curved upper wall. Lip tapers to rounded point, inwardly thickened; two sharp grooves (one wide) on outer face and two on inner face. Slipped on interior and exterior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Reddish orange fabric; dark brownish red slip. Slightly coarse, slightly hard; mostly smooth break. Uncommon, poorly sorted, small, subangular and subrounded, white (calcareous), gray, red or brown, and black inclusions, few spalling. Thin, even, semimatte slip, peeling extensively in small flakes. Turning scratches on exterior. Athenian.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves ~5% of rim and upper wall. Slight, sparse abrasion with minor chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; inconsistent, thin film of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0199
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.18
- Wall thickness
- 0.0057
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2425 (Late Roman Athenian Red-Slip 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/kth2425>
