KP251 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Basin-Bowl) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Basin, Bin, Pail, or Tub
Typological identification
Bowl
Comparanda
sim. KP1990-034 (later version in same regional series; 3rd century?)
Comparanda
sim. CorinthXXI, pp. 19-20, no. 24-3, pl. 75 (grave 24, north of Corinth)
Contributor Notes
2025: JLR revised MorisonRife2022.
Description
Basin-bowl in cooking ware. Convex, flaring upper wall. Horizontal rim with two broad grooves on upper face. Slip on interior and top of rim to handle.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 2.5YR 6/8, light red. Slip: 10R 5/6, red. Somewhat hard, gritty fabric with smooth to vaguely hackly break and bumpy surface texture; uncommon golden mica and frequent, small, rounded and subangular, white (calcareous) particles, many opening at surface, and rare, small, angular, gray stoney chunks (limestone or feldspar?). Thin, semilustrous slip, very patchy.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves <25% of rim and small part of upper body. Slight erosion and flaking; worn breaks; slight, moderate patches of encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 602, 697-698, no. 183, fig. 17.44
Preserved height
0.034
Preserved length
0.078
Preserved width
0.042
Chronology comment
1st-3rd century
Explanation of deposition
Displaced from underlying use deposit by WWII disturbance. Represents Early–Middle Roman use of Building B3.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
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In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0911-002
Location in unit
Along walls of WWII foxhole in north central trench.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph