KTH1686 (Late Roman-Early Byzantine Regional Cooking Pot) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-76
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cooking Pot
Comparanda
Cf. KTH0578
Description
Cooking pot. Rounded shoulder; flaring rim with rounded outer face and sharp, inwardly hooked lip. Loop handle, oval in section, attaches against rim.
Fabric, firing, surface
Reddish brown; interior surface fired brown and exterior surface gray (2-4 mm). Coarse, hard, with granular to vaguely laminar break break; frequent, small, light (calcareous), angular and subangular inclusions, some tabular; very faint micaceous sparkles. Regional.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 15% of rim down to articulation with shoulder and upper part of one handle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and scraping; worn breaks; extensive, moderate encrustation.
Handle width
0.022
Preserved height
0.021
Estimated rim diameter
0.19
Wall thickness
0.005
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph