- KE 2069 (Late Hellenistic-Middle Roman Flask) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 531
- Conservation
- 1960s: refitted with shellac.
- Description
- Flat bottom flask or narrow jug. Moulded base with slight central dimple. Thin walls, very slightly bulging above base. Slight shallow ridging on exterior lower wall.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Perhaps Corinthian Early-Middle Roman fabric but very discolored. Fine, now greenish, fabric, dark gray in places. No visible inclusions. Surface pale, though flaking.
- Preservation comment
- Seven joining sherds preserve base and lower wall. Extensive, moderate abrasion and flaking; worn breaks. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
- Base Diameter
- 0.04
- Preserved height
- 0.092
- Wall thickness
- 0.004
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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