KP085 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium) [permalink] [show fewer 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 upward; everted, rounded rim with vertical outer face.

Fabric, firing, and surface description

Fabric and firing same as KP082. Thin, uneven, matte slip same color as fabric over roughly one-half of vessel.

Preservation comment

Intact. Slight film of encrustation across body.

Base Diameter

0.019

Body diameter

0.037

Height

0.104

Rim diameter

0.029

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph