KTH2324 (Late Roman Cilician Cooking Pot) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-86
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Comparanda
cf. KTH2599
Description
Wide rounded shoulder. Heavy, drooping rim folded over and under.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Brownish red but fired slightly more yellow toward surface; dense, hard fabric, with slightly hackly break; rare to uncommon, small, rounded and subrounded, translucent and pale particles (quartzitic) and rare, medium to large, angular stones and lime chunks (some exploding at surface); rare, small, rounded red bits.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 8% of rim and small part of upper wall. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion; mostly clean breaks; small patches of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.0264
Estimated rim diameter
0.39
Has geographic origin
Cilicia
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH2324 (Late Roman Cilician Cooking Pot).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2324>