- KTH0947 (Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-52
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Antique Cooking Ware
- Description
- Cooking pot. Everted rim is slightly concave on top towards inner edge forming ledge for lid; rounded inner and outer edges; offset from wall below by groove. Wide (globular?) body.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Dark gray core; reddish brown surfaces (2-4 mm). Coarse fabric, hard, with hackly break and rough texture; frequent light small angular inclusions, with occasional large elongated angular bits; some inclusions break through the surface. All surfaces are a patchy brownish-red to reddish-brown; light brush marks on inner and outer surfaces. NePcf.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 12% of rim and small part of upper wall. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion with minor gouging and chipping; worn breaks; extensive tracing of thin encrustation across all surfaces.
- Preserved height
- 0.021
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.165
- Wall thickness
- 0.0036
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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