KP353 (African Red-Slip Vessel Stamp) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
African Red Slip with Stamped Decoration
Typological identification
Unclassified African Red Slip
Description
Stamp: hindquarters and torso of bull striding or rearing right. Second stamped figure, uncertain (fish?), below to left. Style E(ii), similar to types 162 (bull) and perhaps 177 (fish; LRP pp. 221–222, 226, 253, 255, fig. 48).
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: 10R 6/8, light red. Material typical for ware.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves small part of base, including part of stamp on floor. Moderate abrasion; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 594, 665, 666, no. 118, fig. 17.21
Preserved length
0.04
Preserved width
0.034
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 63
Chronology comment
6th century
Explanation of deposition
Funerary offering inside or over cist during a burial or commemorative event but displaced during WWII.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G63-001
Location in unit
Disturbed fill inside cist.
Drawing
Photograph