- KP1988-012 (Early-Middle Roman Phocaean Frying Pan) [permalink] [show more links]
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Roman Cooking Ware
- Description
- Wide, straight flaring wall. Outwardly thickened lip, flat on top face and rounded to vaguely angular on outside face.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pinkish fabric fired more grayish brown toward surface (4 mm). Hard, dense, medium coarse; rough surface texture; hackly break. Common, small, poorly sorted, angular and subangular inclusions, mostly small: lime chunks, rocky bits, few dark gray and black; one small, angular volcanic glass; uncommon flakes of golden mica visible at surface. Unslipped; dense turning marks. Phocaean.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 7% of rim and small part of upper wall. Slight, extensive abrasion with scoring and chipping around edges; worn breaks; thin, extensive patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0324
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.33
- Wall thickness
- 0.0081
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KP1988-012 (Early-Middle Roman Phocaean Frying Pan).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kp1988-012>
