- KE 2333 (Roman Pithos) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 779
- Typological identification
- Pithos
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Brownish red, consistently fired. Medium coarse, hard, with hackly break. Uncommon, tiny to small, mixed inclusions (mostly dark but a few white calcareous); uncommon, irregular voids.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 20% of rim and small part of upper body. Slightly soft and powdery surface, extensive erosion with slight pitting and flaking, consistent with marine submersion over a long period; worn breaks; scattered patches of marine encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 141, no. RC 90, fig. 11 (B. Adamsheck)
- Preserved height
- 0.108
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.455
- Wall thickness
- 0.017
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KE 2333 (Roman Pithos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2333>
