KP199 (Eastern Sigillata B Plate with Stamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
[Ε]ΠΑΦ
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Eastern Sigillata B with Stamp
Typological identification
Unclassified Eastern Sigillata B
Comparanda
Form: cf. AgoraXXXII, p. 144, no. 222, fig. 8, pl. 7 (J. W. Hayes; context: ca. 80-100 CE)
Comparanda
Signature: see Bes2017, pp. 255-258, Tables 11:a-b): e.g., Waage1948, p. 35 (Syrian Antioch); Jones1950, p.  283, no. 902, fig. 176 (Tarsus); EphesosIX.2.2, pp. 110, 113, nos. H 43, H 78, pls. 126, 138 (V. Mitsopoulos-Leon; Basilika am Staatsmarkt), EphesosXIII.1.1, p. 246, no. H 69, pls. 74, 93 (V. Gassner; Südtor, Tetragonos-Agora); Takaoglu2006, p. 269, fig. 2 (Tralles)
Comparanda
Signature: see Iliffe1936, p. 33 (signatures of Ἐπαφροδείτος on ESA and ΕΠΑΦΡΑ within a central, rectangular stamp on ESB1 are attested at Pergamon, Tarsus, Ephesos, Tralles, and Syrian Antioch)
Description
Plate. Low, shallow ring base. Small stamp on floor, roughly two-thirds preserved: double grooves in oval around [ΕΠΑΦ.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 2.5YR 5/6, red. Slip: 2.5YR 4/8, red. Material typical for ware: ESB1.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves ca. 66% of base and floor, including part of stamp, and small part of lower body. Extensive abrasion; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 590, 634-635, no. 27, fig. 17.6
Base Diameter
0.04
Preserved height
0.042
Preserved width
0.041
Chronology comment
Late 1st century CE
Explanation of deposition
Represents Early Roman activity in Building B3.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0805-007
Location in unit
On south central floor of Room B3-I.
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph