KTH2605 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Jar or Small Pithos) [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
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
Photograph