KP242 (Oversized Eastern Thin-Walled-Ware Cup with Graffito) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Writing transcription

[---]ΛΑ

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Graffito (pottery or lamp)

Typological identification

Thin-Walled "Aegean" Cup

Comparanda

cf. AgoraXXXII, p. 268, no. 1605, fig. 51, pl. 76 (J. W. Hayes; early 2nd century)

Description

Oversized version. Wide, globular body with rounded shoulders. Flat, indented band at neck. Relatively short, slightly everted rim with thin lip. Strap handle, oval in section. Graffito finely incised after firing on upper body, ending just inside handle: [---]ΛΑ (alpha has crossed bars).

Fabric, firing, surface

10R 5/8, red. Exterior reduced. Material typical for ware.

Preservation comment

One large fragment preserves small part of upper body, one-quarter of rim, and entire handle. Slight chipping.

Published as

MorisonRife2022, pp. 592-593, 655-656, no. 89, fig. 17.17

Preserved height

0.048

Preserved length

0.051

Preserved width

0.035

Estimated rim diameter

0.1

Chronology comment

Dated early-mid-2nd century.

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Drawing

Photograph

Photograph