KM244 (Roman Marble Small Mortarium) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Material description
Pale grayish white to bright white, medium-grained marble with visible crystalline structure. Exotic source.
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Stone Mortarium
Comparanda
sim. CorinthXII, pp. 123–124, no. 822, fig. 19 (same general form; 1st century CE)
Comparanda
sim. SalonaIII, pp. 44, 49, fig. 62:7 (Late Roman)
Description
Small mortar. Thick-walled body flaring slightly to plain, flat rim with interior edge slightly offset. Just below rim is heavy lug handle (W. 0.045) with flat upper surface and three angled panels on underside.
Preservation comment
One fragment broken on all sides preserves rim and one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion; slight, sparse encrustation. One deep gouge from pick during excavation.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1238, 1244, no. 958, fig. 28.3
Preserved length
0.084
Estimated rim diameter
0.19
Other Dimensions
Th. rim 0.010
Other Dimensions
max. Th. wall 0.013
Material
Marble (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
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