- KE 168 (Early-Middle Roman Frying Pan) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 35
- Typological identification
- Roman-period Cooking Ware
- Description
- Frying pan. Wide flaring body. Plain, slightly angular rim. Short tubular (hollow) handle has flaring knob with distinct outer rim; spirally turned; attaches at diagonal angle to rim, pressed with finger close to rim to below and overrunning lip above.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Medium brown fabric with a tinge of red; thin even surface wash fired consistently dark brown. Medium coarse, hard; granular break. Small, well sorted, subrounded and subangular inclusions: black, gray, clear, few white; rare medium, angular, gray and yellow chunks; rare medium, subrounded, lime chunks; faintly micaceous.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 5-6% of rim and one intact handle. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion, flaking and chipping around edges; worn breaks. Extensive thin film of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, pp. 144-145, no. RC 100, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck)
- Preserved height
- 0.052
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.25
- Wall thickness
- 0.0068
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 168 (Early-Middle Roman Frying Pan).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0168>
