- KE 2271 (Small Flask) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 716
- Description
- Small flask. Slightly thickened, rounded rim and slight flaring neck. Base thickened, slight hollow underneath. Middle part of body has ridges formed by spiral groove, plain beneath that. Interior has light turning spiral down to base.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Very fine, soft fabric consistently fired to very light red; occasional light small inclusions and other tiny bits. Very thin slip same color as fabric on exterior, interior slight redder.
- Preservation comment
- Two non-joining sherds preserve (fr. a) ca. 40% of rim and upper neck, and (fr. b) entire base and profile of wall to widest point of body. Surfaces mostly well preserved, with slight abrasion and gouging around base; somewhat worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 134, no. RC 67a, pl. 36 (B. Adamsheck)
- Base Diameter
- 0.0221
- Preserved height
- 0.0337
- Preserved height
- 0.061
- Rim diameter
- 0.027
- Wall thickness
- 0.0021
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 8/4 (pink)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 2271 (Small Flask).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2271>
