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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 661
- Typological identification
- Roman Cooking Ware
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaIX, p. 143, no. 847, fig. 62 (J. Hayes and K. Slane; Theater Cave)
- Conservation
- 1960s: reconstruction with fine white plaster painted gray.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Orange red fabric, surface fired consistently more pale. Texture and consistency distorted by weathering: fine; uncommon, poorly sorted, tiny to small, white (calcareous) inclusions; highly micaceous.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 30% of lid. Extensive, severe erosion, soft and powdery surface, consistent with marine submersion over long period.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 145, no. RC 101a, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck)
- Handle total height
- 0.015
- Height
- 0.058
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.15
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 2218 (Roman Cooking-Ware Lid).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2218>
