- KTH0212 (Glass Crucible?) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Comparanda
- KTH108a-e, KTH110a-c, KTH128, KTH150, KTH2116.
- Description
- One fragment of brick-like terracotta with one narrowly concave surface covered with a thin layer of glass (Th 0.0037 m). Glass crucible? tubular channel?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Brittle, light buff fabric with rare to uncommon, small, subrounded, white and red and few gray inclusions. Glass, shiny and uneven with many small holes from burst bubbles (rapidly cooled), ranges in colors from orange-brown (PMS 7552C) to black.
- Label or tag text
- 1976 tag illegible.
- Preservation comment
- One small, irregular fragment roughly triangular in section. Glass shows craquelure. Slight, sparse abrasion; thick, extensive encrustation especially on glass.
- Preserved length
- 0.05
- Preserved width
- 0.02
- Thickness
- 0.0227
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Material
- Glass (Material)
- Photograph
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“KTH0212 (Glass Crucible?).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0212>
