- KTH1155 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Bell Lid) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-49
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Comparanda
- cf. KTH0842
- Comparanda
- cf. Aupert1980, pp. 436, 437, nos. 307-311, fig. 44 (Argos, end 6th-beginning 7th century)
- Comparanda
- cf. SlaneSanders2005, pp. 261, 265, nos. 2-48, fig. 7 (east of Theater Corinth, deposit: second half 5th-ca. 500+ C.E.)
- Description
- Hollow knob from lid; concave wall and rounded top.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Light brown; surface fired consistently gray. Slightly coarse fabric, hard, with granular break. Frequent small, well sorted, light, angular inclusions; other tiny bits, few red to dark (brown, gray?); frequent golden mica. Light brush marks on all extant surfaces.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 30% of knob handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and scoring; worn breaks; faint, sparse encrustation.
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.055
- Wall thickness
- 0.0052
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH1155 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Bell Lid).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1155>
