- KE 1496+51+401 (Middle Hellenistic Corinthian Moldmade Bowl) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 392+17+94
- Typological identification
- Hellenistic Moldmade Bowl (“Megarian Bowl“)
- Comparanda
- Figure of Amymone: cf. AgoraXXII, p. 70, no. 213, pl. 41 (S. Rotroff; dated ca. 225-175 BCE)
- Comparanda
- Figure of Poseidon: cf. AgoraXXII, p. 70, no. 214, pl. 42 (S. Rotroff; dated ca. 225-175 BCE)
- Comparanda
- Molded imagery of Poseidon and Amymone: Schwabacher1941, pp. 188-190, Siebert1978, pp. 241-242 and AgoraXXII, pp. 20-21
- Comparanda
- cf. Siebert1978, pp. 350, 352, nos. M 10, M 27, Co 4, pls. 23, 24, 44 (from Mycenae, Argos, Corinth)
- Conservation
- 1960s: refitting with natural shellac and infilling with white plaster painted pale brown.
- Description
- Hemispherical bowl with molded relief on wall and high, plain rim and slightly everted lip. Wall: eight(?) pairs of Poseidon and Amymone in single register. Poseidon frontal in counterpoise, facing right, bare-chested but draped from shoulders and waist, right arm outstretched to Amymone and left arm holding trident; Amymone frontal in counterpoise, facing down to left, wearing long chiton, left arm flexed up to hold drape at shoulder and right arm hanging to hold hydria. Rim: framed band of large egg-and-dart.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale yellowish brown with a tinge of red, consistently fired; somewhat fine, soft, with a smooth break; uncommon, well sorted, tiny to small, most dark gray but also lime bits. Traces of slip survives across surface in tiny flakes and specks; thin, even?, semilustrous?, brownish black. Corinthian.
- Preservation comment
- Seven sherds in three large nonjoining segments--one nonjoining (1496) plus three joining and one nonjoining (51+401+1496) plus two joining (401)--represent ca. 25% of rim and wall down to curve to base. Extensive, moderate abrasion and gouging; severely worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation in grooves.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 13, no. Gr 28, pl. 3 (B. Adamsheck)
- Preserved height
- 0.065
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.175
- Wall thickness
- 0.0038
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Mythological Person (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Poseidon/Neptune (Visual Motif)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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