- KE 2297 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Imported Frying Pan) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 742
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Frying Pan
- Comparanda
- sim. Ke0243, Ke2297bis
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale reddish brown fabric ; thin, even, semimatte slip, pale brown with a tinge of orange. Medium coarse, hard fabric; hackly break. ired brownish gray at surfaces. Hard, coarse fabric with hackly break and fine gritty texture. Uncommon, poorly sorted, tiny to small, subangular and subrounded, gray, red (iron oxide?), black, rarely white inclusions; faintly micaceous; uncommon, small voids. Several fingerprints and smoothing marks around handle.
- Preservation comment
- One larger sherd preserves most of handle and small part of rim and adjacent wall. Slight, extensive abrasion; worn breaks; thin, extensive white (calcareous) film.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, pp. 144-145, no. RC 100, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck)
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.0032
- Handle length
- 0.111
- Preserved height
- 0.0356
- Preserved height
- 0.036
- Wall thickness
- 0.006-0.007
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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