- KTH2249 (Early Roman Corinthian Sigillata(?) Plate) [permalink] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-86
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Regional Sigillata
- Description
- Plate. Low sloping walls. Small, hanging lip, rounded above and pointed below.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: Buff with a faintly pinkish hue on the surfaces; slightly grayish brown core. Fine and compact, medium hard, slightly golden micaceous, with a smooth to conchoidal fracture, containing uncommon small to medium, mostly subrounded but a few elongated, white (calcareous) chunks, rare, angular, gray bits, and poorly sorted, small, black bits. Slip: orangish red; thin but even; flakey. Turning marks on interior. Corinthian.
- Preservation comment
- One small sherd preserve 7% of rim and small part of upper wall. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and significant chipping around edges; worn breaks; slight specks to small patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0192
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.17
- Wall thickness
- 0.0053
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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