Terra Sigillata Plate with Stamp of Gelli(us)
c. 15 BCE-50 CE
Description
Wide mouthed bowl, walls that are almost perpendicular to its flat, wide base, and a bead rim (1). Deep red slip. The bowl is entirely intact. One wide line is inscribed just inside the rim of the bowl, running the entire circumference. Another line is inscribed around the circumference where the walls meet the inside base. In the middle of the base are multiple wheel marks, with one deeper incised circle towards the middle. The exterior of the bowl shows numerous wheel marks but has no decoration. The foot is perpendicular to the base of the bowl and has two small chips missing. The plate is decorated on the interior with a central stamp in the shape of a foot (planta pedis) bearing the maker's mark: "GELLI." 1. See a similarly shaped bowl in J.W. Hayes, Roman Pottery from the South Stoa at Corinth. Hesperia 42 (1973): 83.44.
Dimensions
4.8 x Dia. 17.9 cm (1 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Provenance
Dr. Harris Kennedy, Milton, MA (by 1932), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1932.
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