Aegean or Phocaean mug or beaker. Curving body tapers toward base.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Hard, fine fabric, reddish brown but fired grayish brown by reduction. Uncommon, very small, poorly sorted white lime bits; sprinkling of silvery mica. Unslipped. Eastern Thin-Walled Ware.
Preservation comment
One small body sherd. Slight, extensive abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; thin patches of encrustation especially on interior.
“KTH1988 (Early-Middle Roman Eastern Thin-Walled-Ware Mug).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1988>