KP397 (Late Roman Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Comparanda
Precursor to SlaneSanders2005, pp. 267, 272, no. 3-30, fig. 8 (end 6th century) and related forms.
Description
Globular(?) body. Everted, half round, slightly undercut rim; sharp turn inside.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric (interior): 5 YR 5/6, yellowish red; (exterior): 5 YR 5/1, gray. Hard, medium coarse fabric with few mica and abundant, poorly sorted, tabular, rounded, subangular, white (calcareous) inclusions; granular break with planar fracturing. Regional.
Fabric, firing, surface
One fragment preserves small part of upper body and <25% of rim. Slight chipping; interior coated evenly with plaster or encrustation.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves small part of upper body and <25% of rim. Slight chipping; interior coated evenly with plaster or encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 607, 721, 722, no. 234, fig. 17.58
Preserved height
0.048
Preserved length
0.061
Preserved width
0.049
Estimated rim diameter
0.105
Chronology comment
Dated late 5th-early 6th century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph