- KTH2355 (Roman Water Pipe) [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
- Typological identification
- Pipe
- Typological identification comment
- Local Type 1.
- Description
- Tubular pipe. Body tapers slightly toward middle; shoulder slopes down from mouth; mouth is smaller diameter and has thinner wall than body. Thick application of white, hard, fine plaster with very rare, small, subrounded black and red inclusions around shoulder for attachment of adjacent pipe. Wheelmade. Turning marks on interior and exterior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Near standard Argolid LRA2 fabric; fewer inclusions other than the usual rounded lime. Cf. KTH2252.
- Preservation comment
- One small fragment preserves ca. 10% of one end of pipe. Slight, sparse abrasion; slight, extensive encrustation.
- Preserved length
- 0.052
- Preserved width
- 0.058
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.185
- Wall thickness
- 0.012-0.015
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH2355 (Roman Water Pipe).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2355>
