- KP448 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Early Roman Terracotta Unguentarium
- Description
- Piriform unguentarium. Wide flaring rim, slightly flat on top and pointed at outer face; slight undercutting. Cylindrical neck flaring upward.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: pale brown to reddish yellow; fine, somewhat granular but smooth break; rare, well sorted, tiny black bits at surface where visible, no prominent; faint micaceous sparkles at surface. Consistently fired hard, surface (1 mm) slightly more red than core. Spiral turning mark up neck.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 60% of rim and almost entire neck; second nonjoining sherd probably from upper body. Slight, sparse abrasion and rare erosion, with minor scratching across surface; somewhat worn breaks; uneven, thin film of encrustation across surfaces.
- Neck diameter
- 0.018
- Preserved height
- 0.064
- Rim diameter
- 0.031
- Wall thickness
- 0.0031
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 5YR 6/6
- Drawing
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“KP448 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kcp/kp448>
