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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 283
- Description
- Saucer lid. Thickly constructed body with flaring walls and rounded edges. Central knob has rounded top flattened at peak; undercut below, which makes it easier to hold for lifting and placing. Largely flat underside shows some unevenness and bits of excess clay.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- The slip is brushed on upper faces; brush marks on outer face are interrupted by spongeing, drips, and excess clay.
- Preservation comment
- Intact. Slight, extensive abrasion and erosion with large chip; slip flaking; widespread, thin clouding to patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 120, no. RC 30f, pl. 36 (B. Adamsheck)
- Base Diameter
- 0.051
- Handle width
- 0.016
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 1068 (Saucer Lid).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1068>
