KP147 (Athenian or Imitation Gouged-Ware Jug) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Athenian Late Roman Gouged Ware
Comparanda
sim. AgoraV, p. 117, no. M 359, pl. 33 (H. S. Robinson)
Comparanda
sim. Eleftheratou2006, p. 62, no. 148δ (New Acropolis Museum site, Athens)
Comparanda
sim. Manoli2010, pp. 636, 643, figs. 4-15 (type 1; Makriyianni, Athens)
Description
Thick, high false ring foot with high bevel on outer face; flat underside. Ovoid to globular body with short cylindrical neck. Slightly everted rim with angular lip. Loop handle, rectangular in section, with irregular grooves. Irregular, vertical gouging over faint grooving on middle to upper body. Dip-slipped down to lower body.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, light red. Slip: 10R 5/8, red. Somewhat soft, medium-fine fabric with common golden mica flecks and rare, small, tabular and spherical, white (calcareous) inclusions; slight spalling. Thin, uneven, dull slip. Regional?
Preservation description
Intact. Slight chipping on handle and base; slight to moderate, extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 601, 695-696, no. 178, fig. 17.42
Base Diameter
0.064
Body diameter
0.117
Height
0.184
Rim diameter
0.055
Associated with Burial Context
Koutsongila Grave 45
Chronology comment
Early-mid-6th century
Explanation of deposition
Funerary offering with burial of one of adults 45C or 45D.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus G45-003
Location in unit
Lower fill inside southeast cist near lower legs of adults 45C or 45D.
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