- KE 1489 (Hellenistic Regional Mortarium) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 385
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Orangish red, surface (2-3mm) fired more pale. Medium coarse sandy, hard (but core eroded from seawater); granular break, crumbly; gritty to sandy texture on exterior. Common, well sorted, small to rarely medium sand particles (pale, quartzitic; uncommonly white; rare varied tiny bits).
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves ca. 10-12% of rim and small part of adjacent upper body. Slight, sparse abrasion with chipping; very worn breaks; outside surface mostly in good condition; severe erosion of exposed core. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 142, no. RC 93, fig. 11, pl. 38 (“vat“; B. Adamsheck)
- Preserved height
- 0.1509
- Preserved height
- 0.155
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.845
- Rim Height
- 0.0873
- Wall thickness
- 0.0373-0.0411
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 1489 (Hellenistic Regional Mortarium).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke1489>
