bowl base / Ceramic / Slip

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.1630
Object Name: bowl base
Lot: Kelsey, Francis W.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Pottery
Materials: Ceramic; Slip
Weight: 25g
Inscribed: yes
Artifact Obverse Inscription: CS E C. Se(ntorii)? or C. Se(nti)?
Full Artifact Description: Bowl foot. In the center of the interior a small circle; around it two pairs of concentric circles with roulette-hatching between. In the zone between the small and large circles the stamp CS E was impressed four times (one is missing). C. Se(ntorii)? or C. Se(nti)? Arretine ware. Purchased in Rome.; Gazda: Interior base of a bowl. Clay, red gloss. CS.E.
Subjects: undecorated
Verbatim Date: c. 50 BC - 150 CE
Verbatim Provenance: Etruria
Countermark: no
Inscription Obverse Text: CS E C. Se(ntorii)? or C. Se(nti)?
Inscription Obverse Translation: Of Gaius Sentorius [or, Sentius]
Exhibition Title: The Beginning of Understanding; Writing in the Ancient World; Case 29 - Roman Dining B Drawer Roman Banqueting
Exhibition Curator: Allen, Marti Lu; Dix, T. Keith; Gazda, Elaine
Publication Title: Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
Publication Author: Van Ingen, Wilhelmina
Publication Year: 1933
Type Category: Ceramic

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.00.1630
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1630/dscn8109.jpg

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Full citation: "bowl base; Ceramic; Slip." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.1630/dscn8109.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 04, 2024.