- KTH0774+0856 (Late Roman Palestinian Casserole Lid) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-61
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Cooking Ware
- Description
- Shallow domed lid, thin walled, with everted rim. Stepped ridging on exterior. Form paired with Palestinian casserole KTH0004/1398?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Slightly granular red fabric with frequent small to tiny varied bits and occasional medium to small, subrounded, “lime” chunks. Surface displays thin, even wash slightly lighter than fabric.
- Preservation comment
- Three joining sherds (774+856) preserve ca. 30% of rim and <25% of body. Slight, sparse abrasion on surface and large chips from rim; clean breaks; scattered, thin patches of encrustation; large patch of post-depositional scorching.
- Preserved height
- 0.044
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.26
- Wall thickness
- 0.003-0.004
- Has geographic origin
- Palestine
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 5/8
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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