KTH2578 (Early Roman Eastern Thin-Walled-Ware Mug) [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 comment

Aegean type “urnetta a collarino.“

Description

Vertical loop handle, oval in section with rounded sides. It would have attached against rim and to upper or middle body of mug.

Fabric, firing, and surface description

Fine, hard fabric, reddish brown, fired consistently, with rare, small, poorly sorted, subrounded, lime chunks; very rare, tiny to small, subangular black inclusions; silvery micaceous; very rare spalling. Eastern Thin-Walled ware.

Preservation comment

One sherd preserves one entire handle but none of attached body. Very sparse, slight abrasion and pitting; worn breaks; thin patches of encrustation.

Handle total height preserved

0.035

Handle width

0.011

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph