KP247 (Early-Middle Roman Imported Casserole) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Roman Cooking Ware
Comparanda
cf. MartyPeppers1979, pp. 88, 194, 381, 468, no. A163, figs. 34:i, 121:b (Tower 14/Long Wall, Isthmia, third quarter 1st century)
Comparanda
cf. Slane1986, pp. 291, 292, 312, no. 92, fig. 15 (“cooking pan”; Corinth, Early Roman Cellar Building, third quarter 1st century)
Description
Round bottom. Flaring wall with sharp turn from shoulder to rim. Flaring to horizontal rim with squared, slightly tapered lip; flange for lid seating on inner edge. Lug handle with faint finger impressions on top, triangular in section, applied to exterior and underside of lip.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
7.5YR 6/4, brown. Hard, medium coarse fabric with common mica and few, small, acicular, white inclusions. Imported.
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves <25% of base, body, and rim and most of one handle, including full profile. Slight erosion and pitting; slight, extensive encrustation. Secondary scorching.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 605, 710, no. 211, fig. 17.52
Height
0.056
Preserved length
0.095
Preserved width
0.078
Estimated rim diameter
0.28
Chronology comment
Dated late 1st-3rd century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation
“KP247 (Early-Middle Roman Imported Casserole).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp247>