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# C H A P T E R 10 Cylindrical Bowls Berta Lledó Cylindrical bowls are distinguished from the other bowls by straight walls that rise vertically above an approximate 90o angle with a plain bottom or bottom with a looped base (Fig. 10-1 and Pl. 15). The majority have deep bodies. They are sometimes called “deep bowls” or “vertical-sided bowls” in the glass literature. Fragments of 53 of these bowls have been identified, although none are intact or complete. Of these, approximately 20 have profiles that can be completely reconstructed, and another 23 have complete sides with a bit of bottom curve; in 49 of the pieces only the rim is preserved; in two cases, or 4, only the bottom is preserved (the two bottoms are cataloged as separate bowls because they do not belong to any of the bowl rims). It is difficult to identify other fragmentary bottoms/bases of bowls with vertical sides because they are too similar to the bottoms/bases of other categories. Because of their fragmentary nature and their provenience, all of the cylindrical bowls can be considered as cullet carried in the cargo hold. The rare stray shards in CB 7, 16, 26, 28, 50, and 51 that seem out of place are surely explained as the result of human error in copying hundreds of thousands of numbers, as discussed in chapter 2. The partial bowls in the catalog below were reconstructed from an average of ten shards, varying between 43 shards and 34 shards in CB 47 and 16, respectively, and but one shard each in CB 30 and 38. Bowls with vertical sides are either Type I, free blown, or Type II, mold-decorated. Each type is divided into subtypes A, with no trailing, and B, with trailed decoration. Each of these subtypes is further divided according to bottom/base shape (plain bottom or looped base) and body height (deep or short). The rims are plain, straight, or thickened and are always rounded on their outer edges. Some have applied green or purple glass threads, always of a darker color than the body. Usually there is one thread on the rim, but in some cases the thread spirals around the rim to form a few rows or bands that appear as two or three threads. In other cases there are more or less parallel, independent threads. These bowls are quite homogeneous in shape. Bowl sizes vary widely, but always within the same basic form. The bottom /base diameters range from 5.8 to 14 cm. Rim diameters vary from 8.4 to 18 cm, the most common being 14–15 cm. Rims are generally circular; in cases where the rim is misshapen , the diameter has been estimated or, in special cases, measured along two axes. Heights range from 6 to 12.6 cm. Bowls with the lesser heights may be considered a medium stage between the cylindrical bowls presented here and the flat-bottom bowls presented in chapter 9. Bowl walls are, like the walls of most Serçe Limanı glass, 0.4–3 mm thick. Their predominant colors are yellow-green (31 of the cylindrical bowls) and green (31) in their different intensities; amber is also common (22), but purple (9) and blue-green (7) are not. Swirls of other colors are 116 part v: bowls the basic body shape having been used then to make cups of smaller size than these from Serçe Limanı. T YPE I. FREE-BLOWN CYLINDRICAL BOWLS Type IA. Without Threaded Rims Type IA1. Plain Bottom Type IA1a. Plain Bottom and Deep Body CB 1. Cylindrical bowl. Inv. No. GW 1634. Fig. 10-2 (Sheila Matthews). M3, N3, N4. H. 0.083; bottom diam. 0.086; rim diam. 0.11. Half of vessel, complete profile. Light amber. Raised band below rim. Bottom ext. flat, int. slightly convex. CB 2. Light green with purple swirls; est. h. 0.072; rim diam. 0.1; 20 of vessel, bottom missing; thickened rim. N3. CB 3. Cylindrical bowl. Inv. No. GW 1636. Fig. 10-2 (Sheila Matthews). N4, N5. H. 0.093; est. bottom diam. 0.14; est. rim diam. 0.14. 20 of vessel, bottom missing. Blue-green. Raised band below rim with matching channel on interior. uncommon (only 16 of the cylindrical bowls); the most common are purple swirls (11), whereas only 6 have amber, yellow-green or blue-green swirls. The quality of the glass in the bowls is fair in 67, poor in...

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