- KE 598 (Athenian Gouged-Ware Jug) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 159
- Typological identification
- Athenian Late Roman Gouged Ware
- Description
- Jug. Middle to lower body curved. Wide, deep grooves prominently cut at diagonals and crossing from upper body downward toward base. Slipped on middle to upper body.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Fabric: orangish red, fired slightly more pale on exterior surface. Fine, medium hard; smooth to slightly conchoidal fraction. Uncommon, small to medium, angular, dark gray to black inclusions; rare, very small, subrounded white; and other rare mixed tiny bits; rare small voids opening at surface. Exterior of vessel finely smoothed. Slip: dark red with a tinge of brown, matte, thin, brushed unevenly in horizontal strokes down side to approximately lower level of gougings; one long drip of dark reddish gray slip running down wall from above. Typical Middle-Late Roman Athenian material and technique.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves small part of lower body. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion with flaking and chipping; worn breaks; small, thick patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0568
- Preserved width
- 0.0631
- Wall thickness
- 0.0072
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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