Kenchreai Archaeological Archive
KP083 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium)
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Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Unguentarium
Cited by
Rifeetal2007
, pp. 168, 169, fig. 20
Description
Plain, flat base. Narrow, piriform body. Cylindrical neck flares upward; everted, rounded rim. Faint spiral turning marks on body and neck.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric, firing, and surface treatment same as KP082.
Label or tag text
Ακεραία μυροδοχείο | Ράχη Κουσονγίλα | άγρος Κόνιαρι | τάφος VΙΙ | ΟΜ6 | Α3
Preservation comment
Mostly intact but missing large chip from upper neck and rim. Intact. Slight, extensive film of encrustation across body and neck.
Base Diameter
0.019
Body diameter
0.035
Height
0.102
Rim diameter
0.028
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KP083 (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/kp083>