- KTH0796 (Early Byzantine Lantern) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-29
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Description
- Cylindrical body. Rounded turn to steep sloping shoulder up to conical(?) neck. Wide aperture cut roughly in body up to shoulder with angular to flat upper border. Small, round perforations on shoulder. Ridging on upper body. Overall thick-walled and roughly made.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Hard, heavy, slightly granular, red fabric, “brick-like,“ with uncommon, small to medium, subrounded, lime chunks. Exterior surface has thin, uneven slightly lighter wash. Turning marks on shoulder.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves ca. 15-20% of shoulder, small part of upper body, and base of neck. Sparse, slight to moderate abrasion on all surfaces; worn breaks; thin, extensive film of encrustation.
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.135
- Preserved height
- 0.048
- Wall thickness
- 0.004-0.005
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 6/8
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0796 (Early Byzantine Lantern).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0796>
