KP173 (Eastern Thin-Walled-Ware Cup) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Thin-Walled "Aegean" Cup
Comparanda
sim. Gebhardetal1998, pp. 452-453, no. 47, fig. 17 (Isthmia, Palaimonion phase III, deposit II.4=late 2nd century-ca. 240 CE)
Comparanda
sim. MartyPeppers1979, pp. 295, 438, 466, no. K341, figs. 91:c, 119:c=Marty1993, pp. 123-124, no. IPR 70-54, fig. 7:b (similar rim but larger than KP173; Hexamilion Outworks, Isthmia)
Description
Rounded shoulder. Short, indented, raised band at top of neck. Short, widely flaring rim with thickened, rounded lip. Loop handle against rim rises just above lip.
Fabric, firing, surface
2.5YR 5/8, red. Somewhat hard, gritty fabric with common golden mica, uncommon small, spherical, gray and white inclusions, and rare black bits. Variant production.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves <25% of rim. Slight, sparse abrasion with minor pitting; worn breaks; widespread, thin encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 592-593, 656, 657, no. 92, fig. 17.17
Preserved height
0.021
Preserved length
0.036
Preserved width
0.024
Estimated rim diameter
0.08
Chronology comment
2nd-mid-3rd century
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph