- KTH1597 (Early Byzantine Regional Jug) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 40
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Comparanda
- cf. KTH1702
- Description
- Spouted jug. Tall spout that tapers to small hole; handle attaches to side. Faint turning grooves on exterior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Slightly coarse fabric is reddish brown with frequent small, tabular, angular, and subangular light inclusions (calcareous); rare golden mica. Standard LRA2 southern Argolid fabric.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserves part of upper spout with handle attachment. Slight, sparse abrasion and scraping; mostly clean breaks but faint cloud of incipient encrustation.
- Maximum diameter
- 0.0398
- Preserved height
- 0.0472
- Has geographic origin
- Northeast Peloponnese
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 6/8
- Drawing
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“KTH1597 (Early Byzantine Regional Jug).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1597>
