- KTH0578 (Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-47
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Cooking Ware
- Description
- Globular body. Everted, slightly thickened rim has rounded lip; sharp transition from rim to wall marked by groove. Oval handle attaches to rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric core: 2.5YR 4/6 (red); exterior surface: grayish reddish brown. Granular fabric has frequent, small to medium, angular, light inclusions including chunks of “lime“ and red bits, some embedded in surface; hackly fracture. Consistently fired.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 20% of rim, body, and one intact handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and chipping; clean breaks; sparse specks to small patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.081
- Rim diameter
- 0.16
- Has geographic origin
- Northeast Peloponnese
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH0578 (Early Byzantine 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/kth0578>
