KP1988-012 (Early-Middle Roman Phocaean Frying Pan) [permalink] [show fewer 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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