- KTH2078 (Early Byzantine Jug) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 7
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraV, p. 118, no. M 366, pl. 33 (H. S. Robinson)
- Comparanda
- cf. Bass1982, p. 169, nos. 20-21, fig. 8:10 (Yassi Ada shipwreck)
- Comparanda
- cf. Hjohlman2005, pp. 142, 158, 220-221, 227, nos. 26, 256, figs. 15, 30, 84 (Pyrgouthi)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- 5YR 5/8 (reddish yellow). Gritty fabric with hackly fracture has somewhat frequent, medium to large, angular to subangular, mostly white and few grey rocky inclusions.
- Preservation comment
- Large jug. Flaring, raised ring base, concave bottom, made by folding wall up from resting surface. Wide, convex body: globular?
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 18-20% of base and small part of lower wall. Slight, sparse abrasion, pitting, and chipping around edges; mostly clean breaks; thin, extensive film of encrustation.
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.07
- Preserved height
- 0.036
- Wall thickness
- 0.003-0.005
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH2078 (Early Byzantine Jug).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2078>
