KTH1507 (Middle Roman Regional Cooking-Ware Pitcher) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
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Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Description
Pitcher. Lower ring foot, outwardly thickened, with angled outer face; canted underwide. Flaring lower wall.
Fabric, firing, surface
Light gray core and interior surface, overfired to pale green on floor; fired to pale reddish yellow at exterior surface (2-5mm). Hard, somewhat coarse; mostly smooth break, vaguely sandy surface texture. Common, tiny lime specks and rare, subrounded, lime chunks, a few opening at surface; common, small, light gray and red bits; very rare tiny golden micaceous sparkles; all well sorted. Regional/
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves 20% of base and small part of lowermost wall. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion with pitting and scoring; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation.
Estimated base diameter
0.1
Preserved height
0.021
Wall thickness
0.005
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
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