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# C H A P T E R 14 Ellipsoid Bowls Berta Lledó Fragments from at least 63 ellipsoid bowls were raised from the shipwreck. This category of bowls is characterized by ellipsoid body profiles and flared or horizontal rims (Fig. 14-1). Only three pieces (EB 36, 37, and 38) have complete profiles . Two more (EB 39 and 40) preserve their bases, but the bases do not join the rest of the vessels. All five bases are looped, and it is likely that this was the case for the other pieces in the catalog. Because other glass vessels, such as flared bowls, have similar bases, only two bases that are not associated with rims can be assigned to this category. It is easy, on the other hand, to identify rims that belong to ellipsoid bowls; they have a particular shape, which can vary from slightly everted to almost folded, with only two exceptions—one an irregular looped rim, and the other a rim type not previously noted that is flared and unusually thickened. In this category the more elaborate types are the most common. Plain bowls (Type I) are few in number. Further, the only plain ellipsoid bowl without applied decoration is the only deep purple piece in the group, indeed one of the very few in the entire Serçe Limanı glass collection, suggesting that the color gave added value to the piece, making further decoration unnecessary. All this may suggest that these bowls were closer to being luxury items than most other vessels in the cargo. Because of their uniformity in shape, the ellipsoid bowls fall into two main groups based on decoration: Type I, undecorated , and Type II, mold-decorated. The sizes are fairly homogeneous, with a few exceptions like the small EB 1 and EB 36. Base diameters, known in only seven instances, vary from 6.7 to 9.7 cm, except in the case of EB 36, whose base diameter is 4.6 cm. All the bases are looped and all are from Type II, or mold-decorated, vessels. The minimum loop height is 5 mm (EB 36), the rest varying from 8 (EB 40) to 12 mm (EB 37 and 38). Rim diameters range from 9.5 (EB 44) to 23 cm (EB 27), but the most frequent diameters are between 12 and 14 cm. Some rims are not truly circular, but rim measurements are nevertheless taken along only one of the axes, except on rare occasions when the deformity is extreme. The maximum diameter of each bowl is on the upper half of the body and is 2–5 cm larger than the rim diameter in almost all cases. These maximum diameters range then from 11.2 cm (EB 44) to 19 cm (EB 39), although it is likely, but unprovable, that the diameter of EB 27 was larger. Wall thicknesses range from 1 to 3 mm. The color ratios in this group follow the general lines of Serçe Limanı glass. Yellow-green pieces account for 70, followed by green (15), amber (10), and purple (5). Of the total, only 13 have swirls of other colors, purple being the most common. The glass quality is fair in 71 of the bowls; 18 are of poor quality and 11 of good quality. These ratios remind us of the generally mediocre quality of the glass carried on the ship. To avoid repetition, when the glass quality of a piece is fair it is not mentioned in the catalog. Weathering is present on only 6.5 of the pieces; there is no case of color change or crizzling. 178 part v: bowls EB 5. Light purple with purple swirls; max. diam. 0.17; rim diam. 0.135; base, most of wall, and more than half of rim missing; green thread, w. 0.001, of poor quality. N4, N8, O3, O4, P4. From the same type, the following rim fragments are grouped by shape. EB 6–14 are yellow-green flared rims with single threads on their exteriors; all threads are green except for those on EB 8, 12, and 14, which are blue-green. Diameters range between 11 and 17 cm. EB 15–26 are horizontal rims with single threads underneath , except for EB 15, on which the thread spirals around the rim to form two bands; threads are green except on EB 19 and 22 (light blue), EB 18 and 23 (purple), and EB 25 (bluegreen ). All these rims are of yellow-green glass...

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