- KP080 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Unguentarium
- Bibliography
- Rifeetal2007, pp. 168, 169, fig. 20
- Description
- Plain, flat base. Narrow piriform body. Tall, cylindrical neck flares slightly upward; everted, rounded rim with slopiong outer face. Faint spiral turning marks on neck and distinct scratches on body.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 5YR 6/3-7/3, dull orange. Slightly coarse fabric, consistently fired to dull orange though with slightly browner core where thickest at base, with frequent, tiny, elongated and subangular, light inclusions, often visible on surface due to wear. Thin, streaky, matte slip on all surfaces, slightly lighter than clay.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight calcareous etching across surface.
- Base Diameter
- 0.035
- Body diameter
- 0.053
- Height
- 0.147
- Rim diameter
- 0.037
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KP080 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kp080>
