- KTH1680 (Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-31
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Cooking Ware
- Description
- Sloping shoulder. Vertical, triangular rim convex on exterior and concave on interior, with rounded lip and thick, overhanging ledge inside. Loop handle, round in section, attaches against rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Grey core fired to greyish light brown at surface (2-3 mm); coarse, hard, with granular to hackly break and rough surface texture; frequent, well sorted, small to medium, mostly light inclusions (calcareous, quartzitic, limestone?) and rare tiny dark bits, also visible at surface. NePcf.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 8% of rim and upper attachment of one handle. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion and scoring; somewhat worn breaks; thin, sparse patches of encrustation especially around handle.
- Handle width
- 0.0211
- Preserved height
- 0.0307
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.175
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH1680 (Early Byzantine Regional 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/kth1680>
