African Sigillata 1 Form 11 Variant 1

Identification:

Hayes 27/Bonifay Type 13 dish.

Description:

Dish with rounded rim, steep, strongly convex upper wall, angle to short, straight lower wall, and broad ring foot and flat, often depressed floor. Groove on interior wall immediately below rim; two sets of grooves on floor. Glossy to matte slip on all surfaces.

Bibliography:

Hayes 1972, 49-51; Atlante I, 31-32; Lund 1995, 484; Bonifay 2004, 158, 159; Serrano Ramos 2005, 234.

Basic Information

Form Name(s) in Literature:

Hayes 27; Bonifay Type 13

Form Type:

dish

Class:

African Sigillata 1

Provenience - Country:

Tunisia

Provenience - Region:

Northern Tunisia

Provenience - Locale:

No evidence

Fabric(s):

African Sigillata 1 Fabric Variant 1

African Sigillata 1 Fabric Variant 2

Representation in Assemblage

Specimens:

PEPP 4900

Number Rim Sherds:

Estimated Minimum Number of Vessels - Rims:

Estimated Vessel Equivalents - Rims:

87.5

Factors Affecting Attestation:

Any bases among materials classified as African Sigillata 1 Base 2.

Dimensions

Rim Diameter:

19-21, 20, 21-22, 22-24, 25-26, 26, 26-28, 30, 35-40.

Rim Diameter - Maximum:

Rim Diameter - Minimum:

Surfacing and Decoration

Surfacing Type:

gloss slip coat

Surfacing Description:

All surfaces.

Decoration Type:

grooving

Decoration Description:

Groove on interior wall immediately below rim; two sets of grooves on floor.

Manufacture

Manufacturing Sequence:

1A. Paste prepared

1B. Slip prepared

2. Blank thrown on wheel

3. Blank removed from wheel and partially dried

[4. Blank remounted on wheel in inverted position]

[5. Lower wall and base turned]

[6. Blank remounted on wheel in right-side-up position]

[7. Floor finished by compression]

8. Grooves cut in upper wall [and floor]

9. Unslipped vessel removed from wheel and dried

10. Unslipped green vessel slipped

11. Slipped green vessel dried

12. Slipped green vessel fired

Number of operations: 13

Chronology

Date Range:

160/180-270/310

Beginning Date of Manufacture:

160

Ending Date of Manufacture:

310

Estimated Use Terminus:

320

Chronology - Discussion:

For the chronology of this form see Hayes 1972, 51 (160-220 CE); Atlante I, 32 (as Hayes 1972); Lund 1995, 484 (160/180-270/310 CE); Bonifay 2004, 155 (third century CE).

Function

Form Function - Assumed:

food serving/consumption

Nature of Use - Use Alteration Evidence:

None noted.

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