KE 243 (Early Byzantine Frying Pan) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 44
Typological identification
Roman-period Cooking Ware
Description
Wide flaring, convex body. Plain rim slopes outward. Long but narrow, rod-like (solid?) handle applied to rim, pressed up by finger from below and overrunning lip from above; spirally turned.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 5% of rim and upper wall and one intact handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and scattered large chips; fresh breaks. Very thin, extensive film of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, pp. 144-145, no. RC 100, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck)
Minimum diameter
0.023
Preserved height
0.084
Estimated rim diameter
0.24
Wall thickness
0.007
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 243 (Early Byzantine Frying Pan).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2023. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0243>