KTH2336 (Early Byzantine Regional Pitcher) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-86
Comment
Small part of tapering neck of jug(?). Streak reddish wash on unspotted interior. Regional.
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Description
Straight sloping shoulder. Truncoconical neck.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Pale buff, consistently fired, fine, hard, smooth breaking, with uncommon, tiny to small, mostly white (calcareous) and mixed dark particles, faintly golden micaceous. Dull, red streak (slip?) across interior. Fine brushstrokes from smoothing exterior. cf. standard LRA2 southern Argolid fabric.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves small part of lower neck and upper shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping around edge; worn breaks; scattered spicules and small patches of encrustation.
Estimated diameter upper bound
0.0668
Estimated neck diameter
0.05
Preserved height
0.0263
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph