KP1990-034 (Middle Roman Basin-Bowl) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
Description
Cooking pot. 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, and surface description
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. Surface shows slight smoothing. Turning marks visible on exterior.
Preservation comment
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
Preserved height
0.068
Estimated rim diameter
0.22
Wall thickness
0.004
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Fabric Munsell reading
2.5YR 6/6 (light red)
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