- KTH2605 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Large Jar or Small Pithos) [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
- Description
- Wide body tapers to rolled rim pressed down into a triangular projection with rounded edges and a sloping upper face.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Red, coarse, hard fabric with hackly break, consistently fired to pale reddish brown at surface; frequent, well sorted, small to medium, angular and subangular, irregular bluish gray fragments (chert?); rare, small, rounded and subrounded, spherical white particles (lime?); infrequent tiny black bits; common, small, rounded and elongated voids. NePcf.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 10% of rim and small part of upper body. Moderate to heavy abrasion, gouging, and chipping concentrated around edges; worn break; rare specks of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.032
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.265
- Wall thickness
- 0.009-0.011
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 5/8
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2605 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Large Jar or Small Pithos).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2605>
