KE 538 (Hellenistic Corinthian Moldmade Bowl) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 215
Typological identification
Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl”)
Description
Hemispherical bowl with molded relief on wall to base and high, plain rim with slightly everted lip. Wall: one register with bare-chested male standing left, carrying scepter/staff(?) in left arm and right arm outstretched (cf. Poseidon in Ke0051+0401+1496-P0017+0094+0392), facing another uncertain figure; intervening bucrania with hanging garlands in dots. Rim: band of simple guilloche framed by double bands. Slipped inside and out.
Preservation description
Two joining sherds preserve small segment of rim and upper to middle body. Moderate, extensive abrasion and minor scoring; worn breaks; thin, faint patches of encrustation in molded relief.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 16, no. Gr 36, pl. 3 (B. Adamsheck)
Preserved height
0.067
Estimated rim diameter
0.125
Wall thickness
0.0037
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph