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ARS Dish (African Red Slip Ware)

Origin

Castro de Alvarelhos, Alvarelhos, Trofa.

Material

ARS - African Red Slip Ware, reddish fabric (P19).

Description

Fragment preserving rim, wall and base, allowing reconstruction of the complete profile of a dish of Hayes type 76, variant 7. Vertical rim, slightly raised in relation to the flange, decorated with transverse grooves. Broad flange, slightly incurving, terminating in a vertical, pendant and asymmetrical lip, decorated with concentric circles, finishing in a weakly angular carination. Low wall with pronounced curvature. Base formed by a ring foot of triangular profile. The exterior face of the rim is decorated with three parallel grooves.

Classification and chronology

Type - Hayes 76, variant 7. / Castro de Alvarelhos – Phase V (AD 425-475)

Dimensions

Maximum rim diameter: 545 mm; Maximum height: 52 mm; Maximum rim thickness: 6 mm.

Capacity: 2 623,58 cm³ / 2,62 L.

Deposit

MMAP [ALV. 97 B3, A1, op. 79]

Bibli.

MOREIRA 2010, 704, est. CXXXIX, n.º 81.