KP257 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Basin) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Description
Cylindrical body, faintly flaring, with two deep grooves. Everted rim with rounded lip.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
7.5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Somewhat hard, somewhat gritty fabric with few golden mica flecks and common, poorly sorted, small, mostly white (calcareous) but also red and black inclusions. Unrefined Corinthian buff utilitarian fabric.
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves ca. 25% of upper body and rim. Large chips in rim; moderate, large patches of encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 603, 698-699, no. 185, fig. 17.45
Preserved height
0.115
Preserved width
0.089
Estimated rim diameter
0.305
Chronology comment
Dated 1st-3rd century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation
“KP257 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Basin).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp257>