KP259 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Imported Cooking Pot) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cooking Pot
Comparanda
cf. Hayes2001, pp. 449-450, no. B 55, fig. 9 (Medical faculty site, Knossos)
Description
Convex upper body. Steep, outward-thickened rim with tapering lip; concave on inside. Flat strap handle attaches to rim.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric (core): 7.5YR 4/1, dark gray; (surface): 2.5YR 6/4, light reddish brown. Hard, gritty fabric with frequent golden mica flecks and common, moderately sorted, subangular to subrounded, white inclusions. Imported.
Preservation description
One fragment preserves less than one-quarter of neck and rim and the upper handle attachment. Moderate erosion along breaks; slight, sparse encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 606, 719-720, no. 233, fig. 17.58
Preserved height
0.028
Preserved width
0.065
Estimated rim diameter
0.235
Chronology comment
5th-6th century
Explanation of deposition
Represents activity inside building before its collapse.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRB0912-003
Location in unit
On west central floor of chamber inside Octagon.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph