General Information

From the 6th-2nd/1st c. BCE, Rhodian potters made an array of vessels for table use that largely emulated forms developed in Athens. These included small and large incurved rim bowls, small and large folded rim saucers, kantharoi, olpai, gutti, and small incurved rim salters. The fabric is light buff (5YR 7/6) in color, somewhat gritty, with a few fairly large bits of white lime, a very few bits of grog and black grit. Vessels were covered in a semi-matte, flakey slip inside and out, which generally covered even the resting surface of the foot. Slip color ranged from black to brown to red (2.5YR 3/2 – 5YR 3/3). 

This ware has a clear matrix and a partial slip with two colors, reddish and brownish, due to stacking during firing. This corresponds to Hayes' "color-coared ware A" from Paphos (Hayes 1991). Some chemical analysis have been carried out on vessels from Alexandria and results affirm a Rhodian origin (Elaigne 2002).

Kyrenia Ship (Cyprus/Kyrenia Mountains and North Coast)

Alexandria, Diana Theatre (Egypt/Delta/Lower Egypt)

Beirut (Lebanon/Northern Coast)

Kinet Höyük (Turkey/Eastern Mediterranean)