KP188 (Early Roman Peloponnesian Bowl with Barbotine) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Unclassified Sigillata
Comparanda
cf. KP336
Description
Small bowl. Convex wall. In barbotine: floral?
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: 10R 5/8, red. Somewhat hard, fine fabric with rare mica and rare, rounded to subrounded, white inclusions. Thin, dull, mottled slip, flaky.
Fabric, firing, surface
One fragment preserves small part of body. Slight chipping; slight, extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 591-592, 647, 648-649, no. 68, fig. 17.12
Preserved height
0.066
Preserved width
0.028
Chronology comment
Mid-late 1st century CE?
Explanation of deposition
In mass of Roman sherds and other debris against upper/west face of Wall A1, where they accumulated with downslope movement and/or with disposal by users of adjacent passageway.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0804-007
Location in unit
Along upper/west face of Wall A1.
Drawing
Photograph