KP396 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Pitcher) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Technique
Turning scratches on lower body.
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Pitcher or Jug
Description
Shallow base, underside tooled to create canted disk. Flaring lower body.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 2.5YR 7/8, light red; (thin surface): 2.5YR 6/4, light reddish brown. Regional cooking fabric.
Preservation description
Two joining fragments preserve complete base and part of lower body. Slight chipping; slight, extensive encrustation on interior.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 598-599, 676, 677, no. 147, fig. 17.27
Base Diameter
0.049
Preserved height
0.028
Chronology comment
2nd-early 4th century
Explanation of deposition
Represents Early-Middle Roman use of Building B3.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0805-023
Location in unit
Middle to low (sixth) level of fill with mixed debris in well, west room B3-I.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph