KP269 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Mug) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Description
False ring foot with crude irregular tooling. Irregular globular body, knife-trimmed from foot to midline. Cylindrical neck; small ridge at articulation of shoulder and neck. Outturned rim. Lentoid strap handle attaches irregularly to rim and middle of body.
Fabric, firing, surface
10YR 6/3, pale brown. Somewhat hard, smooth, slightly gritty fabric with frequent, poorly sorted, subangular to subrounded, white inclusions and very small, gray and black inclusions; moderate spalling. Variable firing.
Preservation comment
Intact. Slight chipping on rim and handle; slight to moderate, extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 601, 685-686, no. 163, fig. 17.34
Base Diameter
0.059
Body diameter
0.113
Height
0.117
Rim diameter
0.097
Chronology comment
Dated late 6th century?
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph