KP250 (Early-Middle Roman Everted-Rim Cooking Pot) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Early-Middle Roman Cooking Pot
Description
Rounded upper body. Everted rim with rounded lip. Oval handle with splayed upper attachment under rim.
Fabric, firing, surface
5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Somewhat hard, somewhat gritty fabric with common mica and rare, very small, rounded, white inclusions.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves <25% of neck and rim and the upper attachment of handle. Slight chipping; slight to moderate patches of encrustation. Slight, extensive black discoloration.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 605, 712-714, no. 217, fig. 17.54
Preserved height
0.06
Preserved width
0.103
Estimated rim diameter
0.3
Chronology comment
2nd-3rd century
Explanation of deposition
Displaced from underlying use deposit by WWII disturbance. Represents Early–Middle Roman use of Building B3.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0911-002
Location in unit
Inside World War II foxhole in north central trench.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph