- KTH0540+2416 (Late Roman Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-42
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cooking Pot
- Description
- Everted rim, horizontal, with rounded outer edge; no offset below. Wide convex body. Handles oval in section. Everted rim; upper face flat with light tool mark towards inner edge; outer edge slightly rounded; no offset below. Granular fabric is grey with frequent small to medium light angular inclusions. Interior surface is light brown; exterior grey; heavily encrusted on interior and upper face of rim.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Consistently fired grey fabric with medium angular inclusions with other small bits. Grey exterior surface and greyish-brown interior with slight brush marks; few small voids on exterior and interior.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds, one lower on vessel (0504) and one higher (2416), preserve ca. 30% of rim, the upper attachment of one handle, and a large part of the upper body. Slight, sparse abrasion; slightly worn breaks; slight, extensive specks to patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.053
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.145
- Wall thickness
- 0.005
- Has geographic origin
- Northeast Peloponnese
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Late Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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