- KTH1346+1980 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Jar with incised decoration) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Description
- Relatively thin-walled, wide upper body tapers to rim. Vertical rim, thickened outward into a narrow, triangular projection with a wide groove below it, creating a ledged shoulder. Exterior finely brushed in horizontal strokes. One wavy line incised immediately below the grooved rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Hard, medium coarse fabric with granular to hackly break; pale purplish-red at core, surfaces lighter and redder (2.5YR 6/6); inclusions are frequent, well sorted, mostly small to rarely medium, subrounded and subangular, light (calcareous); infrequent, tiny to small, irregular gray and black bits; small voids. NePcf.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds preserve 26% of rim (1346 17% and 1980 9%) and part of shoulder and upper body. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and chipping; somewhat worn edges; thin, extensive film of encrustation on all surfaces.
- Preserved height
- 0.032
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.15
- Wall thickness
- 0.008
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH1346+1980 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Jar with incised decoration).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1346>
