KP195 (Early-Middle Roman Regional Pitcher) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Pitcher or Jug
Description
Heavy base, slightly constricted on outside and tooled with groove on bottom, created canted disk. Flaring lower wall.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 2.5YR 4/8, red. Slip: 2.5YR 5/8, red. Regional cooking fabric.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves <25% of base and small part of lower body. Slight, sparse abrasion; mostly clean breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 598-599, 676-677, no. 143, fig. 17.27
Estimated base diameter
0.07
Preserved height
0.029
Preserved length
0.067
Preserved width
0.028
Chronology comment
2nd-early 4th century
Explanation of deposition
Represents Early-Middle Roman activity in area.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0805-007
Location in unit
On south central floor of Room B3-I.
Drawing
Photograph