Hi, all. Wondering if anyone can tell me more about this fragment. It is thinner and harder than my other red-slip frags, with a distinct "ring" when lightly dropped on a table. My reference resources are very limited, but I found a similar decorative technique in the
British Museum collection (see below), but very different, otherwise. Any corrections or
additions to my description and date appreciated. Thanks, Jimi
BCC CG44
Roman Pottery Fragment
Caesarea Maritima
1st-5th century CE?
Rim and wall fragment of a thin, delicately formed
Roman terracotta red-slip
bowl. Decorated with a double row of impressed, kidney-shaped
leaf designs, resembling a
wreath encircling the vessel half-way between
the
rim and the base. These depressions are visible as slight protrusions
on the interior of the piece. The lip is augmented with a 1.1cm. wide band
divided by an incised double groove. There is a faint corresponding groove
on the interior of the
rim. Moulded, wheel made and incised, the interior
and exterior surfaces are marked with
fine horizontal striations. There is a
slight angularity near the bottom of the wall as it transitions into the base.
The
matrix is a fine-grained, light reddish-tan clay with minor
porosity. Ringing
sound when dropped. 5.0 x 3.8 x 0.3cm. (
rim 0.6cm.) 9.64gm.
Surface find from
Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
(click for larger pic)
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1999-0427-2
