KTH2256 (Roman Cooking-Ware Lid) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-86
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Cooking-Ware Lid
Description
Domed body. Short handle, hollow inside, with wide, rounded knob on top.
Fabric, firing, surface
5R 5/4 (weak red), consistently fired. Hard, coarse fabric; slightly hackly break. Frequent, well sorted, sandy inclusions: small to medium, angular and subrounded, sometimes tabular, light and dark inclusions (white, yellow, pale red, light gray, including quartzite and limestone) inclusions visible in break and in surface; rare black specks; frequent tiny flakes of silvery mica. Cf. KTH2319. Western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves handle and uppermost body. Slight, sparse abrasion; dulled and worn breaks; faint patches of encrustation. Small patch of secondary scorching on side.
Handle width
0.0445
Preserved height
0.0431
Preserved width
0.0786
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph