- KE 2132 (Large Jar or Pithos) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 575
- Typological identification
- Pithos
- Description
- Hole (Diam. 0.011) roughly bored through wall from outside, directly behind handle.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale pink with a tinge of orange; slightly more pale at surface. Coarse, hard fabric; hackly break. Uncommon to common, small, well sorted inclusions: rounded and subrounded gray and black; less common red bits; subangular quartzitic; irregular white (calcareous); rare tiny shell fragments. Common voids, medium rounded and some elongated.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherds preserves ca. 15% of rim and part of upper wall, with one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion with minor gouging but surface mostly in good condition; slightly worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, pp. 140-141, no. RC 87, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck)
- Handle total height
- 0.051
- Handle width
- 0.143
- Preserved height
- 0.174
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.375
- Wall thickness
- 0.021
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 2132 (Large Jar or Pithos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2132>
