- KE 1257 (Middle Hellenistic Corinthian Moldmade Bowl) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 337
- Typological identification
- Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl“)
- Description
- Hemispherical bowl with molded relief on wall and tall, plain rim with slightly everted lip. Wall: small lotus leaves in imbricate pattern. Rim: band of simple guilloche framed by grooves.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale buff fabric, consistently fired. Fine, somewhat soft, with smooth break. Mostly clean with very rare lime specks. Thin, even, semimatte slip, brownish black to grayish black but mottled, peeling everywhere in large flakes. Corinthian.
- Preservation comment
- Five joining sherds preserve 15% of rim and large part of wall down toward base. Slight, extensive abrasion and incipient flaking; worn breaks.
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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