Votive Patera

Title: Votive Patera
Inventory Number: A0058
Date Acquired: 1909
Source: Magoffin
Provenance: Italy
From Date: -199
To Date: -1
Description: Small, but very thick-walled vessel with tall incurved rim; shallow bowl on comparatively high pedestal base. Completely coated inside and out, including underside of base.
State of Preservation: Chipped, particularly on rim exterior; slip badly worn particularly on edge of base, juncture of rim and body, and edge and underside of base.
Height: 2.78 cm
Max Diameter: 4.61 cm
Rim Diameter: 3.35 cm
Base Diameter: 2.7 cm
Color: Clay body 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow); slip 5YR 3/1 (very dark gray); mottling 10R 5/8 (red).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay