- KE 865 (Early Byzantine Regional Pithos Lid with Incised Decoration) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area A (south end of harbor, including mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 245
- Typological identification
- Pithos or Pitharion
- Comparanda
- sim. Ke0864-P0244
- Comparanda
- sim. AltÄginaI.2, p. 73, no. 133, pl. 26 (F. Felten)
- Comparanda
- sim. Boardman1989, pp. 110, 113, no. 273, fig. 42 (Fortress, Chios, Early Byzantine)
- Comparanda
- sim. Korosis2014, pp. 306, 312, fig. 21 (Megara)
- Conservation
- 1960s: mending with natural shellac and infilling with white plaster.
- Description
- Single handled pithos or storage jar lid. Nearly circular from above; mostly flat lower surface though it does not rest entirely on a flat surface. Thick construction; vertical outer edge is tooled flat with rounded transitions to upper and lower face. Single think strap handle with wide upper groove and heavy join to disk, handle not vertical from lengthwise perspective. Disk and handle show impressed decoration. Of 8 original bands of parallel rouletting on the upper surface of disk, 6 are partly extant. Two extend from each end of handle almost as far as outer edge. One band extends from under handle straight to edge. Each quadrant formed by these bands likely had its own band; two that are completely extant are not quite radial to the center of the disc; other partly extant band crosses radius but not at a right angle. Handle shows a cross pattern formed by four impressions of a shallow punch.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Very slightly granular fabric fired to light red (2.5YR 7/6); surfaces (2-3mm) are more pale, lighter than 2.5Y 8/2. Hard, slightly granular break. Frequent, large, rounded lime chunks; other rare, darker, rounded and angular chunks (some reddish); occasional, medium lime inclusions and tiny light rounded bits. Large to small elongated and rounded voids in section. Sim. LRA2 southern Argolid fabric.
- Preservation description
- Two joining sherds preserve most of handle and ca. 65% of disc. Slight abrasion on handle but otherwise in good condition; clean breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, pp. 145-146, no. RC 102b, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck: “Byzantine“)
- Body diameter
- 0.2
- Handle width
- 0.032
- Height
- 0.06
- Thickness
- 0.023
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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