KE 243 (Early Byzantine Frying Pan) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 44
Typological identification
Roman Cooking Ware
Comparanda
sim. Ke2297, Ke2297bis
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.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Strong reddish brown fabric fired brownish gray at surfaces. Hard, coarse fabric with hackly break and fine gritty texture. Uncommon to common, poorly sorted, small, subangular and subrounded, gray (some quartzitic?), red (iron oxide?), black, and rarely white inclusions; faintly micaceous. Wet smoothing.
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)
Handle length
0.1012
Minimum diameter
0.023
Preserved height
0.084
Estimated rim diameter
0.24
Wall thickness
0.007
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph