- KTH0673 (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-66
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Cooking Ware
- Description
- Wide body. Everted, outwardly thickened rim has rounded lip and concave inner face forming ledge for lid; sharp transition from rim to wall marked by groove. Light brush marks on all extant surfaces.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Consistently fired grey; interior and exterior surface color are virtually identical to fabric. Coarse, hard fabric with smooth to slightly hackle break. Uncommon, medium, angular, white to off-white (calcareous?) and orange to red inclusions (clay pellets) and occasional tiny dark bits. Smoothed surface with overlying blobs of excess clay.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 8-10% of rim and small part of upper shoulder. Slight pitting, scoring, and abrasion; worn breaks; scattered patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.022
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.15
- Wall thickness
- 0.003
- Has geographic origin
- Northeast Peloponnese
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH0673 (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/kth0673>
