KP154 (Late Roman Pitcher) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Lower body knife-trimmed and middle to upper body corrugated.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Pitcher or Jug
Comparanda
sim. AgoraV, p. 117, no. M 360, pl. 33 (but gouging; H. S. Robinson)
Description
Globular body. Short neck tapering to outwardly thickened, rounded rim. Lentoid strap handle with sliced edge and splayed lower attachment.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 5YR 6/6, reddish yellow, but uneven firing. Slip: 5YR 5/6, yellowish red. Hard, smooth, fine fabric with few to rare golden mica and few, small, spherical, white inclusions. Thin, uneven wash and variable firing. Flaring false ring foot with bevel on outer face; tooled bottom. Trimming marks.
Preservation description
Almost intact, but missing large part of upper body and shoulder and >50% of rim. Slight chipping; slightly worn breaks; moderate, extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 601, 694-695, no. 177, fig. 17.41
Base Diameter
0.058
Body diameter
0.104
Height
0.152
Rim diameter
0.048
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 44
Chronology comment
Early-mid-6th century
Explanation of deposition
Funerary offering with one of earlier burials of adult 44D, adolescent 44E, or infant 44F.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G44-002
Location in unit
Lower fill inside northeast cist, just northeast of feet of 44B and just west of KP152.
Drawing
Photograph
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