Rim Sherd

MS5684M

From: Cyprus | Kafizin

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS5684M
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Cypriot
Provenience Cyprus | Kafizin
Date Made 1st Century BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Ceramic
Iconography Inscription
Description

2 sections of inscribed heavy, coarse, flat-bottomed dish from 2 opposite sides of vessel, each preserving a handle. Very broad, flat bottom, very low wall, handles each a solid, roughly rectangular lug. Lip slightly bevelled, slope down toward outside. Thick reddish brown clay apparently with straw temper which shows on surfaces; brownigh surfacing. Thumb nail scoring on floor. Inscription in Greek impressed in clay on bevel of rim while clay was wet.

Credit Line Purchased from Nicholas Christofi, 1923
Other Number KAF119 - Field No SF

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