KE 2253 (Roman Cooking-Ware Lid) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 698
Typological identification
Roman Cooking Ware
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Reddish orange but discolored by weathering. Medium coarse; varied small to medium, well sorted, rounded and subrounded inclusions: white, many clear to gray (quartzitic), fewer black and gray: sand.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves 60% of vessel with knob. Slight, sparse abrasion and erosion with flaking and pitting; breaks not visible; large patch of black discoloration along one rim.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 145, no. RC 101c, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck)
Handle total height
0.01
Height
0.059
Estimated rim diameter
0.215
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph