KE 1502 (Knidian Relief Ware: pinecone thymiaterion) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 393
Typological identification
Knidian Relief Ware
Typological identification
Thymiaterion
Fabric, firing, surface
Pink fabric, fired slightly more orange toward surface (1-2mm). Very fine, hard; smooth breaking. Very faint white and rarely dark (red?) specks. Reddish orange slip, mottled; semiglossy, thin but even. Knidian.
Preservation comment
One small sherd preserves ca. 15% of mouth, neck, and top of body with grooving for pine cone. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; slightly worn breaks; thin, extensive film of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.024
Estimated rim diameter
0.065
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph
Linked to

KE 1501 (Painted Plaster)