- KTH0701 (Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-10
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Antique Cooking Ware
- Description
- Short rim angled slightly outward, tapering to lip, rounded on outer face, offset from wall by groove but interrupted by bits of clay; inner face concave forming lid seating with moderate overhang. Somewhat straight tapering upper body.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Fabric is consistently fired pale red. Medium coarse, hard fabric with slightly hackly break; somewhat frequent light (off-white and orange to pale red), medium, angular inclusions and tiny dark bits. Light brush marks from smoothing all extant surfaces.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 15% of the rim and a small part of the upper body. Moderate abrasion and chipping along edges; thin, extensive film of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.048
- Rim diameter
- 0.16
- Wall thickness
- 0.004
- Has geographic origin
- Northeast Peloponnese
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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