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- Eastern Sigillata C [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Typology Item
- Not after (date)
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320
- Not before (date)
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-20
- See also
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http://classics.uc.edu/troy/grbpottery/html/esc.html
- Broader
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Slipped Table Wares
- Bibliography
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AgoraXXXII, pp. 49-52, 195-201, nos. 745-807, figs. 23-24, pl. 44 (J. W. Hayes)
- Bibliography
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Hayes1985, pp. 71-78 (EAA-Atlante II)
- Bibliography
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Japp2014
- Bibliography
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LRP pp. 316-322 (“Çandarlı ware“)
- Bibliography
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Loeschcke1912, pp. 344-407 (Çandarlı-Pitane)
- Bibliography
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PergForsch6 (C. Meyer-Schlichtmann)
- Bibliography
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Schafer1962 (Pergamon)
- Description
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Major production of red-gloss wares, or terra sigillata, based in western Asia Minor, in particular the area of Pergamon and Pitane (modern Bergama and Çandarlı). A distinct ware influenced by the Hellenistic Pergamene tradition and echoing other eastern sigillata traditions. Originally classified as Pergamene and Çandarlı wares by Hayes (cf. LRP, AgoraXXXII) but now generally treated as a coherent and continuous regional production (Japp2014) under the original designation “Eastern Sigillata C” (KenyonCrowfoot1957). Manufacture and distribution in Aegean basin between very late 1st century BCE and 3rd c. CE if not somewhat later. Fine, clean fabric, slightly golden micaceous, with orange to orangish red slip over all, even, semilustrous to dull especially on outside. Range of drinking and serving forms—cups, bowls, dishes, plates—simplifying and standardizing over time. Earlier forms (“Pergamene”) follow the Loeschcke typology and later forms (“Çandarlı”) the Hayes typology.
- Has geographic origin
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Asia Minor
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Linked to
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Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 1
Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 2
Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 3
Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 4
Eastern Sigillata C Hayes Form 5
Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 15
Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 19
Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 20
Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 26A
Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 26B
Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 29
Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 6
Eastern Sigillata C Loeschcke Form 9
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata C
- Suggested citation
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“Eastern Sigillata C.” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/typology/p-esc>