KTH0458 (Late Roman Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-79
Comment
KTHPUBCAT
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Late Roman Cooking Ware
Description
Globular body with slight carination at shoulder. Slightly everted, squat, triangular rim has slightly rounded outer face up to pointed lip offset by strong incised line and concave inner face.
Extant part
Rim
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Coarse fabric, consistently fired. Gray core; reddish-brown interior surface (2.5YR 5/8); and patchy, brownish-grey exterior (5YR 5/6). NePcf.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 13% of rim and small part of upper body. Slight abrasion and chipping along all edges; somewhat thin, rough film of encrustation over all surfaces. Small patches of ashy black discoloration on breaks: scorching.
Preserved height
0.041
Estimated rim diameter
0.18
Wall thickness
0.0033
Has geographic origin
Northeast Peloponnese
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH0458 (Late Roman Regional Cooking Pot).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0458>