Sherd
MS5904
From: Mediterranean
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Number | MS5904 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Attic (uncertain) | South Italian (uncertain) |
| Provenience | Mediterranean |
| Date Made | 1st century |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Ceramic |
| Technique | Black Glaze |
| Description | Floor fragment of open shape: possible indication of edge of foot on exterior. Interior is covered entirely with very good quality black glaze. A small palmette and the ends of two compass lines attached to it were impressed beneath the glaze. Also part of a wheel-run line near edge of sherd. THe exterior is covered with a pale red wash except for a fairly broad wheel-glazed band near one edge. The wash differs noticeably in color from the body clay but seems not to be intentional red. |
| Outside Diameter | 3.2 cm |
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