Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: KP419 (Early Byzantine Slavic-Ware Beaker)

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Type: Inventoried Object
Not after (date): 1000
Not before (date): 600
Logical part of: Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Description: Handmade. Small vessel with convex body. No decoration.
Fabric, firing, and surface description: Fabric (interior): 10YR 4/4, dark yellowish brown; (exterior): 2.5YR 7/4, light reddish brown. Hard, coarse clay with frequent, medium, subrounded to angular, gray, stony inclusions, few small, rounded, white inclusions, and rare, sparse, spar-kling specks; moderate cracking and slight spalling.
Preservation comment: One small fragment preserves small part of body. Slight abrasion; heavy, extensive patches of encrustation on exterior.
Published as: Gregory2022, pp. 738, 741, no. 276, fig. 18.1
Preserved height: 0.037
Preserved length: 0.052
Chronology comment: Dated 7th-10th century?
Belongs to Historical Period: Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
Material: Ceramic (Material)
Suggested citation: “KP419 (Early Byzantine Slavic-Ware Beaker).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/gaek/kp419>