KP152 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Piriform Lekythos) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Description
False ring foot. Globular body with corrugation at midpoint. Tapering cylindrical neck. Flaring cup rim with rounded lip. Spined, sliced, oval handle attaches to articulation of shoulder and body and to neck just below rim.
Fabric, firing, surface
5YR 6/6, reddish brown. Somewhat hard, smooth, gritty fabric with common, small, rounded, white inclusions (lime), rare tiny opaque bits (quartzite?), and rare, small to medium, poorly sorted, subangular, gray particles. Uneven wash slightly more pale than fabric.
Preservation description
Intact. Slight abrasion and pitting; very slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 601, 682, 683, no. 156, fig. 17.32
Base Diameter
0.052
Body diameter
0.119
Height
0.174
Rim diameter
0.07
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 44
Chronology comment
Mid-6th-early 7th century
Explanation of deposition
Funerary offering with one of later burials 44A-44C.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Location in unit
Lower fill inside northeast cist, just east of KP154 and just northeast of feet of 44B.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph