KM326 (Roman Marble Shallow Mortarium) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Stone Mortarium
Comparanda
cf. DelosXVIII, pp. 110–113, fig. 137, pl. XLV:322, middle front (Late Hellenistic–Roman)
Description
Shallow mortar. Thin-walled body flaring widely to plain, flat rim. Just below rim is small lug handle (W. 0.027) with notched top outer edge and slightly bev-eled underside. Smoothly polished on interior and exterior.
Preservation comment
One small fragment broken all around preserves small part of rim and one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
GrahamReese2022, pp. 1238, 1244-1245, no. 959, fig. 28.3
Preserved length
0.051
Estimated rim diameter
0.19
Other Dimensions
Th. rim 0.006
Other Dimensions
max. Th. wall 0.008
Material
Marble (Material)
Drawing
Photograph