- KP082 (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. Cylindrical neck flares slightly upward; everted, rounded rim with slightly sloping outer face.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 10YR 6/2, light brownish gray. Slightly coarse fabric, consistently fired to light brownish gray though with very slightly red 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
- 0.015
- Body diameter
- 0.034
- Height
- 0.094
- Rim diameter
- 0.024
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KP082 (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/kp082>
