Greek, Roman and Byzantine Pottery at Ilion (Troia): Pompeian-Red Ware

Greek, Roman and Byzantine Pottery at Ilion (Troia):

Sebastian Heath and Billur Tekkök, Editors

Pompeian-Red Ware

Please note that this is a public draft of work in progress

1. Pompeian Red Ware Baking Pan

D09.2043:1. SC19-4c. Thick red slip on interior. Exterior plain below rim.

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Ancient red pottery fragment with black decorative bands and weathered surface showing significant deterioration and patina. The artifact appears to be a rim sherd from a ceramic vessel with painted decoration.

Ancient pottery fragment showing alternating vertical bands of red and dark gray/black decoration on a curved ceramic vessel wall, with visible weathering and surface deterioration.

2. Pompeian Red Ware Baking Pan

P. H. .035. Est. diam. rim .34 (1/12 preserved). Th. .01.

K/L16/17.0430:2. Single rim sherd. Granular, hard brown (7.5YR 4/3) fabric with added sand and other varied inclusions; many of the quartz-like inclusions are flattened on the outer surface and so are highly reflective. Thickly slipped and smoothed inner surface, darkened by burning. Thickened rim is undercut at exterior.

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# Ancient pottery fragment with orange-brown coloring and weathered surface, displayed above a measurement scale showing its approximate size of 10-15 centimeters in length.