KP162 (Early Roman Regional 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. CorinthXVIII.2, pp. 75-76, 81, no. 175, pl. 10 (Demeter and Kore, 1st century)
Comparanda
cf. SlaneWright1980a, pp. 153, 170, no. 71, pl. 30 (but larger than KP162; southwest Forum, Corinth, Tiberian)
Description
Relatively thin walled. Convex upper body constricts to neck. Vertical, slightly convex rim with inward-turning, thickened, rounded lip. Horizontal lug handle, oval in section, attaches at lip and just below neck.
Fabric, firing, surface
10R 4/8, red. Corinthian cooking fabric.
Preservation description
Three joining fragments preserve <25% of rim and ca. 50% of handle. Slight chipping; slight to moderate patches of encrustation around handle.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 606, 715-716, 717, no. 223, fig. 17.56
Preserved height
0.05
Preserved width
0.076
Estimated rim diameter
0.25
Chronology comment
Mid-1st century CE
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph