KP092 (Early Roman Piriform Unguentarium) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Early Roman Terracotta Unguentarium
Description
Piriform unguentarium. Slightly concave base. Narrow, cylindrical neck bulges slightly in middle. Flaring rim with thin lip turned out and down.
Fabric, firing, surface
5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Hard, fine, smooth fabric with rare to very few, very small, rounded, white inclusions.
Preservation description
Intact but missing ca. 50% of rim. Worn breaks; mostly clean breaks; very slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 600, 678, no. 149, fig. 17.28
Base Diameter
0.02
Height
0.091
Estimated rim diameter
0.025
Chronology comment
Early 1st century CE
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Area
Koutsongila Modern Surface
Drawing
Photograph