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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 142
- Typological identification
- Graffito (pottery or lamp)
- Description
- Pitcher. Thin cut handle, rectangular in section, attaches near or at rim and to sloping shoulder. Graffito in thin, shallow strokes inscribed after firing on upper outside surface: four overlapping chis (χ)?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Gray fabric, fired consistently slightly darker at surface. Granular break. Fine, hard fabric with small, rounded to subrounded white to off-white, sometimes crystalline(?) inclusions. Unslipped.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves on entire handle. Overall good condition; slight chipping around ends and scattered specks of encrustation.
- Handle total height
- 0.077
- Handle width
- 0.023
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 5YR 6/1
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 581 (Early-Middle Roman Pitcher with Graffito on Handle).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0581>
