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Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-06
Comment
KTHPUBCATJLR
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Pipe
Description
Tubular pipe. Body tapers slightly toward middle; shoulder slopes down from mouth; mouth is smaller diameter and has thinner wall than body. Thick application of white, hard, fine plaster with very rare, small, subrounded black and red inclusions around shoulder for attachment of adjacent pipe. Wheelmade. Turning marks on interior and exterior.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Near standard Argolid LRA2 fabric; fewer inclusions other than the usual rounded lime. Cf. KTH2252.
Preservation comment
One large fragment preserves roughly one third of one end of pipe. Slight to moderate, extensive encrustation.
Body diameter
0.128
Preserved length
0.15
Estimated rim diameter
0.085
Wall thickness
0.013
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH1153 (Roman Water Pipe).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1153>