KTH0719/0773 (Early Byzantine Propontic Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-50
Comment
KTHPUBCAT
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Late Roman Cooking Ware
Description
Vertical to slightly flaring rim has slightly groove on outer face, simple rounded lip, and thick projecting ledge for lid with slight concavity below. Upper wall slopes straight outward from sharp articulation with rim.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Fabric 10R 4/1, dark grayish red; grayer near surface. Granular fabric, pimply surface, with uncommon, subangular to subrounded, small to medium-sized black and less frequent white inclusions (“added sand“); frequent small voids.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 15-20% of rim and small part of upper body. Slight, sparse abrasion but clean breaks; thin, extensive patches of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.057
Rim diameter
0.15
Wall thickness
0.007
Has geographic origin
Asia Minor
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph