- KTH2116 (Glass Crucible?) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-46-bag
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Comparanda
- cf. KTH0108a-e, KTH0110a-c, KTH0128, KTH0150, KTH0212
- Description
- One fragment of brick-like terracotta with one slightly concave surface covered with a thin layer of glass (Th 0.002-0.005 m). Glass crucible?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: (surface) 7.5YR 7/4, pink; (core) 2/5YR 6/6, light red. Brittle, coarse fabric with rare to uncommon, small, subrounded, white, red, and gray inclusions and sparse, medium-sized, subangular to subrounded voids. Glass, shiny and uneven with many small holes from burst bubbles (rapidly cooled), ranges in colors from orange-brown (PMS 7552C) to black.
- Preservation comment
- One large, irregular fragment. Glass shows spotty craquelure. Slight, sparse abrasion and erosion to chipping; specks of encrustation.
- Preserved length
- 0.057
- Preserved width
- 0.042
- Thickness
- 0.027
- Photograph
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“KTH2116 (Glass Crucible?).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2116>
