KP323 (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
False ring foot, grooved above, with tooled underside to create canted disk. Flaring lower body.
Fabric, firing, surface
10R 5/6, red. Regional cooking fabric.
Preservation description
One large fragment preserves ca. 75% of base and part of lower body. Slight chipping but clean breaks and surface.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 598-599, 676, 677, no. 144, fig. 17.27
Base Diameter
0.058
Preserved height
0.038
Preserved length
0.09
Chronology comment
2nd-early 4th century
Explanation of deposition
Represents Early-Middle Roman funerary activity.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus T02-014
Location in unit
Late Roman–Early Byzantine colluvium and decomposed walling/bedrock in upper level inside chamber of Tomb 2.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph