Cooking pot. Rounded shoulder; flaring rim with rounded outer face and sharp, inwardly hooked lip. Loop handle, oval in section, attaches against rim.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Reddish brown; interior surface fired brown and exterior surface gray (2-4 mm). Coarse, hard, with granular break; frequent, small, light, angular and subangular inclusions, frequently embedded in surface. Regional.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 15% of rim down to articulation with shoulder and upper part of one handle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and scraping; worn breaks; extensive, moderate encrustation.
“KTH1686 (Late Roman/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/kth1686>