KP1990-034 (Middle Roman Regional Basin-Bowl) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Bowl
Description
Basin-bowl. Horizontal rim with rounded outer face and two grooves on upper face, inner one sloping down to form lid seating. Hemipherical body; broad groove just above mid-point. Ring foot, wide at base and narrowing to resting surface, i.e. triangular in section; broad groove on outer face.
Fabric, firing, surface
Medium coarse fabric with frequent tiny white and gray bits especially visible in section; infrequent, well sorted, subrounded and subangular, small, white (calcareous) inclusions; and rare, well sorted, angular, small to medium, off-white and gray rocky(?) inclusions visible at surface; hackly break. Consistently fired hard; elongated voids like planar fissures. Surface shows slight smoothing. Turning marks visible on exterior. Regional cooking fabric.
Preservation description
Two non-joining sherds preserve ca. 15% of rim, one non-joining sherd preserves ca. 15% of base sherd, and four body sherds. Very slight, sparse abrasion; mostly clean breaks.
Estimated base diameter
0.095
Estimated Height
0.1
Estimated height
0.1
Preserved height
0.068
Estimated rim diameter
0.22
Wall thickness
0.004
Estimated Height
0.1
Estimated height
0.1
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Fabric Munsell reading
2.5YR 6/6 (light red)
Drawing
Photograph
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