Large Eastern Sigillata Stamped Dish

Second half of the 1st–first half of the 2nd century A.D.

Orange-brown fabric with mica inclusions; brick-red slip with a metallic sheen covering the entire surface except for the foot, fired brown in some areas.

Vertical wall with an angular flange molding and rounded rim with two grooves on the interior. Tall, broad pedestal foot. The interior is decorated with two wide rouletted circles of fine linear notches and a central planta pedis stamp enclosed within an inner grooved circle.

Mended from four fragments. Several chips to the rim. Lime deposits and numerous root marks.

Height: 2.5 in. (6.4 cm).
Diameter: 12.3 in. (31.2 cm).