- KE 1396 (Roman Small Flask) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 377
- Description
- Small flask. Small flaring base, slightly hollow. At widest point extant body has spiral grooving creating ridged surface; exterior below is smoothed but with turning scratches. Interior carries finely spaced spiral grove to near base.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Soft, fine fabric fired to consistent pale hue, very thin surface slip is same color. Very few inclusions, rare light sub-angular bits. Surface has very thin slip, same color as fabric.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves base and wall to widest part of body. Minor encrustation but otherwise extant surface largely preserved.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 134, no. RC 67c, pl. 36 (B. Adamsheck)
- Base Diameter
- 0.03
- Wall thickness
- 0.0029
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow)
- Drawing
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“KE 1396 (Roman Small Flask).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1396>
