- KE 2208 (Roman Pitcher with Rouletting) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 651
- Description
- Large pitcher. Spherical upper body. Vertical handle rises from shoulder (traces of attachment). Two spaced grooves with rouletting or hashmarks at turn from body to shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale red. Consistently fired, hard; fine, smooth break; surface has patches that are polished very smooth (burnished). Very rare, tiny, white and dark (red to brown) bits; rare elongated cavities in break. Southern Greek?
- Preservation description
- One large sherd preserves part of middle to lower wall. Slight, sparse abrasion with rare pitting and scoring; worn breaks; thin, sparse patches of encrustation.
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.2
- Preserved height
- 0.0652
- Wall thickness
- 0.0038
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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