PEPP 0931

Identification: 
African Sigillata 4 Form 4 Hayes 70 small bowl.
Description: 

Two joining fragments preserving rim and upper/middle wall.  Two grooves on upper surface rim, one groove on exterior face rim. 

Light red (2YR 5.8/6) body, with red (2YR 4.5/6) slip on all preserved surfaces, glossy on interior wall and upper surface rim flange, matte on underside rim flange, slightly glossy on exterior wall.

Micromorphology: Exterior: Striations on underside rim and small strip at top of upper wall; wall below this smooth and compact with faint small to medium facets.  Interior and upper side rim: smooth and compact, with faint medium traces upper wall.

Use alteration: Exterior: Slip abraded in very narrow band on tip of tooth on flange.

D. r. 13.  Pr. ht. 4.0.