- KE 1329 (Middle Hellenistic Corinthian Relief Bowl) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 365
- Typological identification
- Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl“)
- Comparanda
- sim. AgoraXXII, pp. 46, no. 18, pl. 3 (S. Rotroff; Athenian, ca. 225-175 BCE)
- Comparanda
- sim. Edwards1956, pp. 99-100, no. 60, pl. 43 (Athenian; from Pnyx)
- Conservation
- 1960s: joined with natural shellac and infilled with white plaster painted buff.
- Description
- Hemispherical bowl with low ring foot, molded relief on wall, and plain, vertical rim with slightly everted lip. Medallion: two ridges around eight palmettes around central rosette. Wall: imbircate pattern of rounded lotus petals. Rim: band of guilloche framed below by wide band and above by narrow band.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Yellowish buff, consistently fired(?); somewhat soft, very fine, smooth breaking; rare lime specks. Thin, even, semilustrous slip over all surfaces, fired dark gray to black but mottled; peeling everywhere, including one large patch. Corinthian.
- Preservation comment
- Seven joining fragments preserve ca. 25% of rim and wall with full profile. Moderate, extensive abrasion and rare pitting across relief; worn breaks; no encrustation (but cleaned in conservation).
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 15, no. Gr 34, pl. 4 (B. Adamsheck)
- Preserved height
- 0.0789
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.129
- Wall thickness
- 0.0063
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
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