KP183 (Early Roman Imported Frying Pan) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Early-Middle Roman Frying Pan

Comparanda

cf. CorinthXVIII.2, pp. 73, 78-79, no. 163, fig. 16 (K. W. Slane; Demeter and Kore)

Description

Flat base. Flaring, slightly concave wall. Outward-thickened rim with squared lip.

Fabric, firing, surface

2.5YR 6/8, light red. Hard, gritty fabric with rare mica, frequent, angular, white inclusions, and common, subrounded, gray rocky inclusions. Imported.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves <25% of base, body, and rim, including full profile. Slight abrasion; slight, extensive encrustation.

Published as

MorisonRife2022, pp. 604, 707-709, no. 206, fig. 17.51

Preserved height

0.036

Preserved length

0.087

Preserved width

0.048

Estimated rim diameter

0.26

Chronology comment

Early 2nd century

Explanation of deposition

Residual in topsoil.

Material

Ceramic (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRC0806-002

Location in unit

Ground level south of Building C1.

Drawing

Photograph