KTH1063 (Late Roman Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-78
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Description
Cooking pot. Horizontal rim with pointed lip, flat upper face and rounded underside. Short, vertical neck with concave inside face forming ledge for lid. Rounded upper body. Loop handles, elliptical in section, with two grooves on top.
Fabric, firing, surface
Grey core and pale red toward surface (3-5mm). Medium coarse, hard; granular to hackly break, with rough surface. Abundant, small to large, angular and subangular, calcareous inclusions, occasionally elongated; present also on all extant surfaces. Interior surface pale red consistent with fabric; exterior and inner rim surface fired grey.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 10% of rim with neck and upper wall and most of one handle. Moderate, extensive abrasion with large chips; worn breaks; scattered patches of encrustation.
Handle width
0.031
Estimated rim diameter
0.18
Wall thickness
0.0052
Has geographic origin
Northeast Peloponnese
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Linked to

KTH1062 (Dressel 24 Amphora)