KE 2128 (African Red-Slip Stamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Comment
In center, large triple concentric circles, surrounded by six(?) lozenge palm branches with shaggy lower fronds.
Logical part of
Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 571
Typological identification
African Red Slip with Stamped Decoration
Typological identification
Unclassified African Red Slip
Comparanda
No exact parallel for palm branch in LRP but sim. pp. 229, 232, Type 3, fig. 39:a (Musée du Bardo; from Skhira)
Comparanda
circles stamp cf. LRP, pp. 234, 235, Type 25, fig. 40:d (Athenian Agora P27137)
Description
Style A(ii), second half 4th century.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves small part from center of floor. Slight, sparse abrasion and scratching; mostly clean but dulled breaks; thin encrustation in grooves.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, no. LRB 32b, p. 97, pl. 23 (B. Adamsheck); cf. ad no. ER 20, p. 56 (erroneous reference)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph
Photograph
Linked to

KE 2127 (Classical-Hellenistic Small Cooking-Ware Lid)