KTH1234 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-80
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Description
Cooking pot. Heavy loop handle, circular to oval in section.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Core fired to light red, surface plain but fired to pale (2.5Y 8/3); coarse, hard fabric; frequent, medium, light (limestone?) and dark (mostly dark grey), sandy chunks (few quartzitic?), and other smaller varied bits; many inclusions visible on surface. NePcf.
Preservation comment
Intact. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting; slightly worn; thin, sparse patches of encrustation.
Handle width
0.0251
Preserved height
0.0942
Material
Ceramic (Material)