KTH2235 (Early-Middle Roman Phocaean Cookpot) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-99
Comment
KTHPUBCAT
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Phocaean Cooking Ware
Description
Cooking pot. Short, concave neck marked below by bead and flaring widely outward; downturned rim with sharp upper and lower edges and flat outer face bearing two prominent grooves.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Slight granular red fabric with occasional small dark and light angular and subrounded inclusions, some glistening both (some micaceous and some quartzitic). Exterior surface gray, very distinct from fabric, and thinly washed, interior slight darker red in streaks. Phocaean.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves 20% of rim and neck. Slight, sparse abrasion and large breaks along edges; somewhat clean breaks; extensive patches of thin encrustation.
Preserved height
0.0343
Estimated rim diameter
0.13
Wall thickness
0.003
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Fabric Munsell reading
10R 5/8
Surface (slip) Munsell reading
10R 5/1
Drawing
Photograph