- 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 (1-3 mm): grayish reddish brown. Coarse fabric, hard with granular to hackly break, has frequent, small to medium, angular, light inclusions including chunks of lime and subangular red bits, some embedded in surface. NePcf.
- 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, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0578>
