African Sigillata 1 Form 16

Identification: 
Hayes 160 bottle.
Description: 

Bottle with upper neck flaring towards upper end, rib with sloping upper surface separating upper neck from lower neck, with heavy wheel ridging on interior.  Probably had rounded rim, cylindrical lower neck below rib, bulbous body with waist at middle, tall disk base, and single vertical strap handle attaching at upper end of lower neck and shoulder/waist.  Glossy to matte slip on exterior.  Sole example preserving upper neck does not show pronounced spiral ridging on exterior as examples illustrated in Hayes 1972 and Atlante I.  

Bibliography: 
Hayes 1972, 189-190; Atlante I, 46-47; Serrano Ramos 2005, 235.