KP230 (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. Cylindrical body bulges in middle; mostly smooth surface. Reconstruct as narrow pitcher; cf. KP153.
Fabric, firing, surface
2.5YR 5/8, red. Somewhat hard, gritty fabric, hackly break, with rare mica and common, moderately sorted, small, subrounded to subangular, white, brown, tan, and gray inclusions; small voids at surface, mostly round but few elongated. Cf. KP401.
Preservation description
One large fragment preserves entire base and lower to middle body. Large crack extends down body and light erosion around break; slight, moderate to extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 696-697, no. 180, fig. 17.43
Base Diameter
0.07
Body diameter
0.099
Preserved height
0.102
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 56
Chronology comment
Late 6th-early 7th century
Explanation of deposition
Funerary offering with one of adults 56C and 56D, but mourners later broke and displaced it during burial of infants 56F–56J.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G56-002
Location in unit
Second level of fill inside southwest cist, slightly above displaced and commingled cranial fragments of adults 56C and 56D.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph