Votive Patera

Item

Title
Votive Patera
Inventory Number
A0051
Date Acquired
1909
Source
Magoffin
Provenance
Italy
From Date
-199
To Date
-1
Description
Bowl with tall inturned rim on high truncated conical pedestal foot; prominent horizontal ridges on lower bowl, giving impression of wheel marks; definite wheel marks on sides and underside of base. Bowl inside and out solidly coated with splash of paint on underside of base.
State of Preservation
Prominent chipping on edge of base and rim of bowl, sporadic chipping elsewhere; paint badly worn all over.
Height
3.08 cm
Max Diameter
4.07 cm
Rim Diameter
3.3 cm
Base Diameter
2.84 cm
Color
Clay body 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow); slip 5YR 3/2 (dark reddish brown) mottled 10R 6/8 (light red).
Type
vessel
Material
fired clay