KTH1986 (Late Roman Cooking Pot) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-82
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Late Roman-Early Byzantine Cooking Pot
Description
Cooking pot. Convex upper body tapers to everted rim with rounded lip and flat upper face.
Fabric, firing, surface
Red to brown red on most surfaces, fired gray toward outer edge of rim. Hard, medium coarse fabric; granular to vaguely platy break. Frequent, medium, angular, light (calcareous) inclusions and other, varied tiny bits; rare, large, dark, angular rocks visible on surface. Light brushstrokes on all extant surfaces.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 8% of rim and small part of upper wall. Slight abrasion with minor chipping and flaking around edges; mostly clean breaks; scattered specks and patches of thin encrustation.
Preserved height
0.0322
Estimated rim diameter
0.185
Wall thickness
0.0045
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph