KTH1506 (Middle Roman Corinthian Crater) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-75-bag
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Comparanda
cf. MartyPeppers1979, pp. 338, 471, no. X518, figs. 121:f (East Field, Isthmia, Middle Roman)
Description
Crater. Wide mouth; short rim that projects and droops steeply. Convex (globular?) upper body.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Buff with a tinge of red, hard, slightly fine, smooth breaking, with uncommon, well sorted, small, rounded, mostly white (calcareous) and darker (gray, reddish to brown) inclusions; very large, angular chunks. Corinthian buff utilitarian fabric.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 8% of rim and small part of uppermost wall. Moderate, extensive abrasion and rare gouging; worn breaks; faint cloud of incipient encrustation.
Preserved height
0.021
Estimated rim diameter
0.31
Wall thickness
0.007-0.009
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph