KP163 (Early Roman Ephesian 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. EphesosIX.3, pp. 99, 104, nos. K 634-K 636, pl. 52 (R. Meriç; Schachtbrunn am Staatsmarkt, mid-1st century)

Comparanda

cf. Ladstatter2005, p. 316, nos. K 498, K 500 (Hanghaus 2.4, Ephesos, 1st century CE)

Comparanda

cf. Ladstatter2010b, pp. 179, 187, 217, 243, nos. A-K 252, A-K 527, pls. 78, 92 (third quarter 1st century)

Comparanda

cf. LadstatterWaldner2014, pp. 456, 553, no. K 842, pl. 193 (Hanghaus 2.6, Ephesos, second half 1st-first quarter 2nd century)

Description

Convex upper body constricts to neck, marked by small groove. Slightly inturned rim with rounded lip; wide, horizontal flange on exterior with three grooves on upper face.

Fabric, firing, surface

5YR 5/6, yellowish red. Hard, smooth, medium fine fabric with common golden mica and few to common, small, spherical, red and white inclusions.

Preservation description

Six joining fragments preserve ca. 33% of neck and rim. Chipping on rim; slight, extensive encrustation. Slight secondary scorching across rim.

Published as

MorisonRife2022, pp. 716, 717, no. 224, fig. 17.56

Preserved height

0.033

Preserved length

0.179

Estimated rim diameter

0.16

Chronology comment

Mid-late 1st century CE

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph

Photograph