Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Cypriot Sigillata

Cypriot Sigillata [permalink] [show fewer links]

Type

Typology Item

Not after (date)

175

Not before (date)

-100

Broader

Slipped Table Wares

Typological identification comment

Also classified as Eastern Sigillata D (Rosenthal1978) and ETS-II (Gennewegetal1983).

Bibliography

Hayes1967b

Bibliography

Hayes1985, pp. 79-91 (EAA-Atlante II)

Bibliography

PaphosIII, pp. 37-50 (J. W. Hayes)

Description

A Late Hellenistic to Early Roman production of red-gloss wares, or terra sigillata, based in (western?) Cyprus and perhaps extending onto the adjacent mainland. Manufacture and distribution in eastern Mediterranean from the Aegean to the Levant between 1st century BCE and late 2nd century. CE. Fine but “muddy“ fabric fired orange red to brownish red or purple, containing sparse lime lumps, bearing thin wash slightly darker than fabric and sometimes with a metallic luster. Range of simple forms.

Has geographic origin