KE 614 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Red-Slip Jug) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 163
Description
Thin, low ring foot, vertical on outside and sloping on inside; slightly convex bottom; central button on floor. Thin walls, widely flaring upward. Faint turning bands.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
2.5YR 6/8 (light red) fabric; 10R 5/6 (red) slip. Fine, hard fabric with very rare, tiny black and white inclusions. Somewhat thick, even, matte slip on all surfaces.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves roughly 40% of base and ca. 25% of lower to middle wall. Slight abrasion; clean breaks; extensive, moderate patches of encrustation on all surfaces
Estimated base diameter
0.085
Estimated body diameter
0.15
Base Height
0.009
Preserved height
0.048
Has geographic origin
Corinthia
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 614 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Red-Slip Jug).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0614>