KP121 (Early-Middle Roman Imported Cooking Pot) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Cooking Pot
Comparanda
cf. MartyPeppers1979, pp. 90, 250, 286–287, 412, 435, nos. D287, I326, I327, figs. 65:d, 86:d, e, 123:b (East Field, Tower 10/Loukos Field, Isthmia)
Comparanda
cf. WilliamsZervos1985, p. 65, no. 28, pl. 12 (east of Theater, Corinth, second half 2nd century)
Description
Globular(?) body with straight upper wall. Everted rim with rounded lip. Oval handle attaches to upper body and underside of rim. Body corrugated from lower handle attachment to below upper attachment.
Fabric, firing, surface
5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Somewhat hard, somewhat gritty fabric with common, very small, rounded, white inclusions, few black inclusions, and common, small, elongated voids. Imported.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves <25% of neck and rim and one handle. Slight chipping; slight, extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 605, 712, 713, no. 216, fig. 17.54
Preserved height
0.064
Preserved width
0.072
Estimated rim diameter
0.16
Chronology comment
2nd-3rd century
Explanation of deposition
Residual?
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0701-007
Location in unit
Roman-Late Antique colluvium across south trench.
Drawing
Photograph