- KE 2299 (Middle Roman Everted-Rim Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 745
- Cited by
- SlaneWright1980b, p. 549 (rev. KenchreaiIV: “not all of the vessels of RC 96 and RC 98 are Corinthian“)
- Description
- Deep cookpot with everted rim and strap handles (one extant). The extant upper wall is quite straight with no extant turn to rounded base. Upper face of rising rim is nearly flat; sharp turn to round outer edge; slightly concave lower face. Four unevenly spaced grooves under lower handle attachment. Strap handle with central ridge.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Granular, hard fabric fired to dark gray, frequent tiny light and varied inclusions. Surface thinly slipped to very slight lighter gray. Some small, light inclusions visible on surface.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 20% of rim, one handle, and upper part of wall profile to lower handle join. Slight, sparse abrasion with very rare scratching; slightly worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 144, ad no. RC 98 (misidentified as P 746; B. Adamsheck: “third century“)
- Handle width
- 0.027
- Preserved height
- 0.083
- Wall thickness
- 0.0032
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 10R 4/1 (dark reddish gray)
- Drawing
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“KE 2299 (Middle Roman Everted-Rim Cooking Pot).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2299>
