KE 2411 (Late Hellenistic Attic Jug or Small Jar?) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Comment
Previously uninventoried object found in storage and inventoried with new number in 2019.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 802
Conservation
1960s: traces of acrylic resin from mending along break.
Description
Jug or small jar? Ring base slopes upward to slightly concave bottom. Cylindrical body tapers upward. Late Hellenistic?
Fabric, firing, and surface description
2.5YR 6/8 (light red) fabric; 2.5YR 3/1 (dark reddish gray) slip. Attic? Fine fabric with no visible inclusions; rare subrounded to subangular, medium voids. Thin slip preserved on in traces on all surfaces.
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves one third of base and lower wall; six large joining sherds preserve roughly 30% of middle wall; numerous small flakes. Severe erosion everywhere. From marine context: reddish brown fabric disintegrating, all edges blunted.
Estimated base diameter
0.065
Preserved height
0.045
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KE 2411 (Late Hellenistic Attic Jug or Small Jar?).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2411>