- KTH0674 (Late Roman Imported Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-66
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cooking Pot
- Description
- Everted rim with rounded outer face but sharp underside, almost grooved, and pointed upper edge; inner top face inner concave forming ledge for lid. Wide convex body: globular?
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Granular fabric consistently fired to brownish-red with frequent medium angular inclusions, few elongated; frequent tiny bits. Interior surface virtually identical to fabric, with greyish-brown patches; exterior is greyish-brown with signs of burning or use evident on outer face of rim.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 15% of rim and small part of upper body. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion across surface and edges; thin, extensive film of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.025
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.18
- Wall thickness
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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