Campanian Black Gloss plate
Date2nd-1st c. BCE
Periodmid-Hellenistic
Object GeographyEtruria
CultureItalian (Etrurian)
Geography NotesSaid to have been "found at Corneto," Italy
MediumCeramic (wheelmade), with black slip and stamped, incised, and chattered details
ClassificationCeramics
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.859
Tableware colored with black slip would have been familiar to people all across the Mediterrean in the Hellenistic period. This plate was decorated by stamping and chattering, a technique that used a flexible metal tool to make small indentations while turning the vessel on a wheel.
On View
Not on viewHeight: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm)
Rim
Diameter (exterior): 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm)
Diameter (interior): 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
Thickness (wall): 3/16 in. (0.51 cm)
Base
Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Height: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Central area with decoration
Diameter: 3 1/8 in. (8 cm)
Medium Details
Color
Fabric: 5YR 7/4 (pink)
Slip: N 2.5/ (black)
Inclusions
fine
620-590 BCE
2100-1950 BCE
1450-1200 BCE
1750-1550 BCE
1050-900 BCE
800-650 BCE
second quarter of the 5th c. BCE