Bonifay2004 Sigillée type 57 variante A (late 6th-first half 7th cs.)
Description
Large plate. Knobby, heavy rim has flat upper face with sharp offset forming a rounded lip, convex outer face, and short, flat lower face with sharply tooled offset creating essentially a right angle. Straight, thin upper wall.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Brownish red, slightly granular fabric with uncommon to rare, small, rounded, lime inclusions; distinct gray core. Thick, smoothed slip on interior; rim and extant outer wall also have thick slip though with turning bands.
Label or tag text
KTH-2015-001 | Room 4
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 8% of rim and small part of upper wall. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and slight chipping around edges; moderate but scattered patches of encrustation.
“KTH2741 (African Red-Slip Hayes Form 105).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2741>