KE 1331 (Late Hellenistic Medicine Bottle) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 367
Comparanda
cf. AgoraXXIX, pp. 198, 424, nos. 1769, 1770, fig. 105, pl. 138 (imports)
Comparanda
cf. EphesosX.2/2.1, p. 152, no. O 28, pl. 213 (“Salbtöpchen“; Basilika am Staatsmarkt)
Fabric, firing, surface
Buff with tinge of pink, consistently fired. Very fine, hard, with smooth to vagule conchoidal break. Very rare, tiny, tabular white bits; uncommon, small, rounded and irregular voids; no visible mica. Corinthian?
Preservation comment
Intact. Slight, extensive abrasion, large cracks, and large chips from edges; slight, thin patches of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, pp. 118-119, no. RC 25c, pl. 33 (B. Adamsheck)
Base Diameter
0.027
Height
0.056
Maximum diameter
0.055
Rim diameter
0.044
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Linked to

KE 1330 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium)