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Sikyon Project

Ceramic Reference Collection

Tableware: Plate


Plate C 2013-069


Plate C 2013-069
Index:
C 2013-069
Type:
Italian Sigillata Conspectus form 3
Location:
Room with stone pedestal inside to the SE of the Agora (context 505)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.026m ; Pr. W.: 0.023m ; Body Th.: 0.004m
Description:
Small rim fragment. Plate with flaring, straight walls and outward thickened rim with tapered lip. Shallow groove on inside of the rim.
Decoration:
Red slip well preserved
Fabric:
Fine compact fabric (2.5YR 7/6 light red) with no visible inclusions and voids
Provenance:
Italy
Chronology:
Mid-1st to mid-2nd c. CE
Bibliography:
Conspectus, 56-57, pl. 3
Notes:

Tableware: Plate


Plate C 2013-132


Plate C 2013-132
Index:
C 2013-132
Type:
Italian Sigillata plate
Location:
Room with stone pedestal inside to the SE of the Agora (context 509)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.022m ; Base D. (est.): 0.080m ; Base Th.: 0.008m ; Body Th.: 0.006m
Description:
Single fragment of the base incrusted on the exterior. Plate with chamfered ring base. Part of horizontal floor/wall preserved
Decoration:
Red slip (10R 4/6)
Fabric:
Fine clay (2.5YR 74 light reddish brown) with rare medium rounded light brown inclusions
Provenance:
Italy
Chronology:
1st to early 2nd century CE
Bibliography:
Conspectus, 56-57, 86-89
Notes:
Tall foot typically indicates later date (see Conspectus, 86)

Tableware: Plate


Plate C 2018-067


Plate C 2018-067
Index:
C 2018-067
Type:
ESA Plate Atlante form 4A
Location:
Fill of West Stoa Well 3138 (context 3164)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.025m ; Rim D. (est.): 0.41m
Description:
Single fragment preserves part of rim and body. Plate with a flaring wall and vertical rim with tapered, rounded lip.
Decoration:
Traces of red glaze all over (10R 5/8)
Fabric:
Fine hard clay (2.5Y 8/2 very pale yellow) with rare fine sparkling and rare small subrounded spherical white inclusions, and rare small angular tabular voids
Provenance:
Antioch
Chronology:
1st c. BCE
Bibliography:
Atlante II, 15-16, nos. 9-10, pl. I
Notes:

Tableware: Mastos


Mastos C 2018-082


Mastos C 2018-082
Index:
C 2018-082
Type:
ESA Mastos Atlante form 17B
Location:
Fill of West Stoa Well 3138 (context 3168)
Condition:
Complete Profile
Dimensions:
H.: 0.075m ; Base D.: 0.045m ; Lip D.: 0.15m
Description:
Twenty joining fragments preserve part of the bottom, most of the body and the lip. Bowl with a round base to a flaring convex body that thickens inward near top of the wall, and then tapers to a vertical rounded lip with interior molding flanked by chann
Decoration:
Well-adhering mottled dark red glaze all over, burned black in some places. Double-dipping steak evident on the interior and exterior. Single raised ridge below thickening at the top of the wall and below the lip on the interior
Fabric:
Fine very pale brown (10YR 8/2) clay with very rare small subrounded sperical white inclusions, rare fine clear sparkling inclusions and very rare small voids.
Provenance:
Antioch
Chronology:
Second half of 2nd into 1st c. BCE
Bibliography:
Atlante II, 21, no. 4, pl. III
Notes:

Tableware: Bowl


Bowl C 2017-181


Bowl C 2017-181
Index:
C 2017-181
Type:
ESA bowl Atlante form 22B
Location:
Fill of West Stoa Well 3138 (context 3144)
Condition:
Complete Profile
Dimensions:
H.: 0.045m ; Foot D.: 0.043m ; Lip D.: 0.093m
Description:
Two joining fragments preserve all of foot, most of the body and the lip. Bowl with a torus ring foot with a flat resting surface and a deep concave undersurface with a slight nipple at the apex, hemispherical body to a vertical rounded lip.
Decoration:
Well-adhering reddish orange glaze all over. Diagonal double dip line on exterior.
Fabric:
Fine pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2) clay with very rare angular tabular small dark gray inclusions and rare small voids.
Provenance:
Antioch
Chronology:
Late 2nd c. BCE to ca 10 A.D
Bibliography:
Atlante II, 23, no. 12-13, pl. III (form 22B)
Notes:

Tableware: Plate


Plate C 2017-114


Plate C 2017-114
Index:
C 2017-114
Type:
ESA plate
Location:
Passage North of the Kilns to the SE of the Agora (context 1659)
Condition:
Complete Profile
Dimensions:
H.: 0.046m ; Base D.: 0.19m ; Rim D. (est.): 0.28m
Description:
Four joining fragments from plate of complete profile. One-fifth of rim preserved. Plate with ring foot and flat undersurface, convex, outward flaring rim with rounded lip. Wheel marks visible on bottom of the vessel just above for 0.02m.
Decoration:
Glaze: 5YR 5/2 to 3/2 (reddish gray to dark reddish brown)
Fabric:
Fine very pale brown fabric (10YR 8/4). 2% well sorted fine sand inclusions, rare fine sparkling and rare subangular to subrounded white inclusions
Provenance:
Syria
Chronology:
First half of the 2nd c. CE
Bibliography:
Atlante II, 39, no. 8-10, pl. VII
Notes:
Related to Atlante II form 57 but larger. Part of a small group of ESA vessels found in the SE Agora at Sikyon that represent the latest phase of production of the ware.

Tableware: Bowl


Bowl C 2014-116


Bowl C 2014-116
Index:
C 2014-116
Type:
ESA bowl Atlante form 12
Location:
Passage North of the Kilns to the SE of the Agora (context 1544)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.028m ; Pr. W.: 0.051m ; Rim D. (est.): 0.16m ; Rim Th.: 0.005m ; Body Th.: 0.005-0.007m
Description:
Single fragment. Bowl with flat floor, convex, flaring walls that carinate from the floor and again slightly before the rim, and outward thickened rim with squared lip. Shallow groove below rim.
Decoration:
Mottled light red (2.5YR 6/8) to red (2.5YR 4/8) glaze well preserved
Fabric:
ESA fabric (10YR 8/3 very pale brown)
Provenance:
Syria
Chronology:
Third quarter of the 1st century CE
Bibliography:
Hayes 1973, 451 no. 124, pl. 85; Slane 1986, 289 no. 67, pl. 65
Notes:

Tableware: Dish


Dish C 2016-009


Dish C 2016-009
Index:
C 2016-009
Type:
Roman ESB dish Atlante form 60
Location:
Area West of the Wall 3001 to the NW of the Agora (context 4003)
Condition:
Complete Profile
Dimensions:
H.: 0.039m ; Rim D. (est.): 0.120m ; Body Th.: 0.005-0.007m
Description:
Chip missing from rim. Dish with flat base, straight body, and inturned rim.
Decoration:
Light red slip (10R 6/8) preserved on interior and exterior
Fabric:
Light red (2.5YR 7/8) fabric with mica
Provenance:
Chronology:
First half of the 2nd c. CE
Bibliography:
Atlante II, 64, nos. 5-8, pl. XIV, Agora XXXII, 156, no. 356, fig. 12, pl. 15
Notes:

Tableware: Dish


Dish C 2013-038


Dish C 2013-038
Index:
C 2013-038
Type:
Roman ESB dish Atlante form 80
Location:
Central section of the industrial area (area with pressing floor) to the SE of the Agora (1007 - top soil)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.023m ; Pr. W.: 0.042 ; Rim D. (est.): 0.21m
Description:
Single rim fragment encrusted. Dish with straight, flaring walls and slightly outward flaring, triangular lip that slopes down toward the interior.
Decoration:
Traces of red (10R 5/8) slip on both sides. Pair of grooves mark off the lip on the exterior.
Fabric:
Fine reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) fabric with frequent very small rounded silvery micacious inclusions, rare vesicles
Provenance:
Chronology:
Second half of 2nd century CE
Bibliography:
Atlante II, 69-70, no. 15, pl. XV ; Agora V, 87, M31, pls. 18, 61 ; Agora XXXII, 152, no. 316, fig. 12
Notes:

Tableware: Bowl


Bowl C 2015-005


Bowl C 2015-005
Index:
C 2015-005
Type:
ESC bowl Atlante form L19
Location:
Room defined from Walls 1038, 542, 1022, 504 to the SE of the Agora (context 559)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.032m ; Pr. W.: 0.068m ; Body Th.: 0.003m
Description:
Rim fragment. Bowl with convex body and rim in two degrees.
Decoration:
Flaking red slip on interior and exterior (2.5YR 6/8 light red to 10R 4-5/8 red)
Fabric:
Light red (2.5YR 7/6) fabric with rare medium white rounded inclusions, few fine vughs
Provenance:
Chronology:
First falf of the 2nd c. CE
Bibliography:
Atlante II, 76, no. 6, pl. XVII ; Agora XXXII, 200, no. 793, fig. 24
Notes:

Tableware: Dish


Dish C 2015-100


Dish C 2015-100
Index:
C 2015-100
Type:
ARS dish form 50B
Location:
SE Stoa (context 2061)
Condition:
Complete Profile
Dimensions:
H.: 0.057m ; Pr. D. (max.): 0.327m ; Base D.: 0.25m ; Rim D.: 0.35m
Description:
Numerous joining fragments preserve complete profile. Many non-joining fragments along with missing pieces and pick marks. Dish with a very small ring foot, flat floor, flaring convex wall and rounded lip.
Decoration:
Light red slip (2.5YR 6/8) preserved all over
Fabric:
ARS fabric (2.5YR 6/8 light red)
Provenance:
North Africa (Tunisia)
Chronology:
350-400 CE
Bibliography:
Hayes 1972, 69-73, no. 60, fig. 12
Notes:

Tableware: Plate


Plate C 2017-148


Plate C 2017-148
Index:
C 2017-148
Type:
ARS plate form 61A
Location:
Fill inside the kiln 5057 to the SE of the Agora (Context 5042)
Condition:
Complete Profile
Dimensions:
H.: 0.035m ; Base Th.: 0.007m ; Rim D. (est.): 0.32m ; Rim Th.: 0.006m ; Body Th.: 0.007m
Description:
Two joining fragments from the rim, encrusted. Plate with round, flat resting surface, convex body and inturned rim with tapered lip. Light ridges on interior and exterior of the floor.
Decoration:
Red slip (10R 5/8)
Fabric:
Fine light red (10R 7/8) fabric with rare small to medium rounded white inclusions, rare spherical voids.
Provenance:
Chronology:
325 - 400/420 c. CE (dated by parallel)
Bibliography:
Hayes 1972, 100-107, no. 18, fig. 17
Notes:

Tableware: Dish


Dish C 2017-057


Dish C 2017-057
Index:
C 2017-057
Type:
ARS dish form 68
Location:
NW corner of Perivolos 4 (kilns 5056, 5057) to the SE of the Agora (context 5002)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.041m ; Pr. W.: 0.012m ; Rim D. (est.): 0.46m
Description:
Single rim fragment. Chip missing on the exterior of the rim. Dish with flaring, molded rim, offset from convex, flaring walls to form a distinct ledge. Rim thickens to lip with triangular profile. Bottom of rim thickened at one point.
Decoration:
Light red to red slip (10R 6/8 to 10R 5/8) partially preserved
Fabric:
Fine light red (2.5YR 6/8) fabric with very rare medium rounded spherical white inclusions ; frequent medium and few large vesicles
Provenance:
Chronology:
Late 4th through first quarter of 5th c. CE
Bibliography:
Hayes 1972, 116-117, nos. 1, 4-7, fig. 20
Notes:

Tableware: Dish


Dish C 2015-019


Dish C 2015-019
Index:
C 2015-019
Type:
ARS dish form 105-Emporio
Location:
Room 2 North of the Kilns to the SE of the Agora (Context 1108)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.056m ; Pr. W.: 0.087m ; Rim D. (est.): 0.32m ; Rim Th.: 0.015 ; Body Th.: 0.006m
Description:
Rim fragment. Dish with straight, flaring walls and knobbed rim.
Decoration:
Very small amount of red (10R 5/8) slip preserved on interior
Fabric:
Red (10R 5/8) fabric with medium to v. large rounded white, few medium rounded gray to greenish gray, rare small rounded spherical dark and rare large to V. large subrounded light brownish red inclusions, few mica ; few fine vesicles
Provenance:
Chronology:
Mid to third quarter of the 7th c. CE
Bibliography:
Hayes 1972, 167, no. 15, fig. 32
Notes:

Tableware: Dish


Dish C 2014-115


Dish C 2014-115
Index:
C 2014-115
Type:
LRC dish form 3F
Location:
Passage North of the Kilns to the SE of the Agora (context 1544)
Condition:
Fragment
Dimensions:
Pr. H.: 0.029m ; Pr. W.: 0.047m ; Rim D. (est.): 0.27m ; Rim Th.: 0.022m ; Body Th.: 0.007
Description:
Single rim fragment. Dish with flaring, slightly convex walls, outward thickened rim with squared lip and exterior flange. Rim slightly concave on exterior and interior. Rouletting on the exterior of the rim.
Decoration:
No slip preserved
Fabric:
Light red (2.5YR 7/8) LRC fabric - softer fired.
Provenance:
Chronology:
6th century CE
Bibliography:
Hayes 1972, 329-338, nos. 17-26, fig. 69 (closer to no. 17)
Notes:

Tableware: Dish


Dish C 2017-054


Dish C 2017-054
Index:
C 2017-054
Type:
LRC dish form 10A
Location:
NW corner of the Perivolos 4 (kilns 5056, 5057) to the SE of the Agora (context 5002)
Condition:
Complete Profile
Dimensions:
H.: 0.072m ; Base D.: 0.15m ; Rim D.: 0.28m
Description:
Numerous joining and non-joining fragments. Mended. Dish with short ring base, flat floor with slight bump at center, convex flaring walls that become thinner toward rim, and outward thickened rim with rounded lip ; slight overhang over inner wall ; wheel
Decoration:
Red (10R 5/8) slip partially preserved on interior and exterior. Stamp at center of floor - cross with four circle motifs between arms, arms with splaying tips.
Fabric:
Red (10R 5/8) hard fabric with frequent small to medium subrounded to angular white and rare small angular sparkling inclusions.
Provenance:
Western Anatolia (region of Pergamon)
Chronology:
Early 7th c. CE
Bibliography:
Hayes 1972, 343-346, nos. 1-2, 4, 6, fig. 71 (rim closer to nos. 1-2). Stamp: Hayes 1972, 366-368, nos. P-S, fig. 79 (Type 79)
Notes: