- KE 2173 (Early-Middle Roman Jug/Pitcher) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 615
- Cited by
- SlaneWright1980, p. 549 (Review of Kenchreai IV: “not all of the vessels of RC 96 and RC 98 are Corinthian“)
- Description
- Wide ring foot angles outward. Slight, sharp ridge at midpoint of interior sloping face.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- 2.5 YR 6/6 (light red). Slightly coarse fabric, rare small angular gray rocks; slightly micaceous; small to medium, irregular voids. Unslipped.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves over 50% of ring foot; numerous small and large sherds and flakes possibly from this vessel or (an)other(s). Severe erosion everywhere. From marine context: reddish brown fabric disintegrating, all edges blunted.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 144, no. RC 98, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck: “probably Byzantine“)
- Base Diameter
- 0.076
- Base Height
- 0.013
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Roman (Historical Period)
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 2173 (Early-Middle Roman Jug/Pitcher).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2022. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2173>
