- KTH1664 (Late Roman North African Cooking Pot) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-31
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Cooking Ware
- Typological identification comment
- Fulford casserole 4.4
- Description
- Wide, somewhat convex upper body. Vertical rim, undercut, widely thickened but tapering to sharp point at top, has rounded outer face and slightly angular inner face.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Core: 5YR 5/1 (gray); surface: 10R 6/6 (light red). Coarse, hard fabric with granular break has frequent, poorly sorted, medium to large (<1-2 mm), angular and subangular, varied rocky inclusions: most gray and off-white, few green, and rare, small, rounded, dark gray to black bits. Surface consistently smooth: lightly burnished?
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 9% of rim and small part of upper body. Very slight, sparse abrasion but surfaces in good condition; mostly clean breaks.
- Preserved height
- 0.031
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.205
- Wall thickness
- 0.045
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1664 (Late Roman North African Cooking Pot).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1664>
