- KTH1849 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-46
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Cooking Ware
- Description
- Cooking pot. Rounded shoulder sharply constricted at rim. Flaring rim, rounded on exterior face and flat on interior face, with pointed lip and rounded on interior articulation with shoulder. Wide, oval to triangular handle attaches against rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Orangish to reddish brown fabric fired to medium gray at surface (1-2 mm); coarse, hard fabric with smooth to slightly conchoidal break; abundant, small to medium, light, opaque and translucent, angular inclusions, occasionally large (some quartzitic and some calcareous); also embedded in surface. Light brush marks on exterior rim and all interior surfaces. Regional.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 20% of rim with one upper handle attachment and articulation with shoulder. Slight abrasion along rim; dulled and worn edges; extensive, thin patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0822
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.17
- Wall thickness
- 0.0043
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1849 (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/kth1849>
