- KTH2402 (Middle Roman Corinthian Slipped Juglet or Small Jar) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-97
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Regional Sigillata
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraV, pp. 65, 74, nos. K 69, K 70, L 6, pls. 13, 16 (Athenian; mid-late 3rd century)
- Comparanda
- cf. CorinthXXI, p. 10, no. 1-1, pl. 69 (Corinthian; cemetery north of Corinth, grave 1 dated “at least 4th century A.D.”)
- Comparanda
- cf. Slane1994, p. 134, no. 15, fig. 4 (possible Corinthian imitation; Peribolos of Apollo, end of 3rd-beginning of 4th centuries)
- Description
- Juglet or small jar. Flat (or slightly concave?) bottom. Flaring lower wall. Slipped exterior and base.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pink fabric; pale red slip with a tinge of orange. Fine, slightly soft; smooth to slightly granular break. Uncommon, well sorted, small, subrounded, lime chunks; very rare, small varied bits, many dark; faintly micaceous. Thin, slightly uneven and mottled, semimatte slip, thickened between the ridges and generally thinning toward bottom. Thick, dense wheel ridging on interior. Corinthian.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 15-20% of base and lower wall. Slight, sparse abrasion with rare, minor pitting and chipping; worn breaks; scattered specks and spicules of encrustation.
- Estimated base diameter
- 0.045
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.071
- Preserved height
- 0.0281
- Wall thickness
- 0.0039
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2402 (Middle Roman Corinthian Slipped Juglet or Small Jar).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2402>
