KE 502 (Late Roman Lid with Graffito) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
Α+Ⲱ
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 127
Typological identification
Late Roman Cooking Ware
Comparanda
cf. Sanders1999, p. 473, no. 24, fig. 16=Hammond2015, pp. 68 n. 230, 220, 328-329, 396-397, nos. 374-377, fig. 42, pl. 16 (“bell lids“ in NePcf; Panayia Area, Corinth, dated mid-/late 6th-early 7th cs.)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Reddish orange; more gray at exterior surface. Coarse, hard; irregular hackly break; gritty surface texture. Common, poorly sorted, small to rarely medium, inclusions: small white angular; rare, ngular, red; tiny, rounded black and other dark.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves entire handle and small part of adjacent wall. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and erosion; worn breaks; wide film of thin encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 112, no. RC 9d, pl. 28 (B. Adamsheck)
Diameter
0.0495
Preserved height
0.0432
Wall thickness
0.0071
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Symbol (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 502 (Late Roman Lid with Graffito).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0502>