- KTH2599 (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
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Cooking Ware
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Dense, hard fabric, consistently fired brownish red, has 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). Smoothed surface.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 8% of rim, uppermost neck and body, and base of one handle. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion; mostly clean breaks; thick film of encrustation especially on handle.
- Handle width
- 0.049
- Preserved height
- 0.036
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.22
- Wall thickness
- 0.0015-0.003
- Wall thickness
- Deep, globular(?) body. Slight carination at shoulder. Heavy, drooping rim folded over and under. Broad strap handle attaches horizontally at rim.
- Has geographic origin
- Cilicia
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2599 (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/kth2599>
