KP229 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Pitcher) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Pitcher or Jug
Description
Flat base. Irregular cylindrical body with loose corrugation. Irregular carina-tion from body to shoulder. Tall, conical neck with sharp wheel ridging up to outward-thickened, undercut lip. Trefoil mouth. Flat, spined handle with upper edges projecting slightly.
Fabric, firing, surface
7.5YR 6/4, light brown. Hard, smooth, medium-fine fabric with common mica, common, subangular to subrounded, small, white inclusions, few, very small, gray and black bits, and very rare, medium, irregular rock particles (limestone?); small to medium, rounded voids opening at surface.
Preservation description
Intact. Slight, sparse chipping and cracking; slight, very sparse encrustation on base.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 601, 690-691, no. 169, fig. 17.38
Base Diameter
0.101
Body diameter
0.122
Height
0.197
Other Dimensions
L. mouth 0.071
Other Dimensions
W. mouth 0.064
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 56
Chronology comment
Late 6th-early 7th century
Explanation of deposition
Probably funerary offering with young woman 56C or possibly one infant 56F-56J.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G56-002
Location in unit
Second level of fill inside northwest cist just northwest of and below KP201 and slightly above left side of head of young woman 56C.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph