KP353 (African Red-Slip Vessel Stamp) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

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 comment

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

Chronology comment

Dated 6th century.

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph