KTH2269 (Early-Middle Roman Corinthian Sigillata Pitcher) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 86
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Regional Sigillata
Description
Pitcher. Upper body is cylindrical, with two deep, sharp grooves. Short, everted to almost horizontal rim; rounded outer face; groove just inside lip on upper inside face. Slip over rim and outside wall but only partly inside.
Fabric, firing, surface
Reddish orange fabric, fine, hard, smooth break; very rare, poorly sorted, tiny to small, angular, pale gray to clear (quartzite?) inclusions, none calcareous; uncommon tiny red bits; faintly micaceous. Thick, even, semilustrous slip, slightly more red than fabric on exterior and interior; extant exterior has thicker, more smoothed slip, fired deeper red. Corinthian; cf. KL025.
Preservation description
One sherd preserves 14% of rim and small part of upper body. Surface in good condition; moderately worn breaks; scattered specks to small patches of encrustation on all surfaces.
Preserved height
0.023
Estimated rim diameter
0.095
Wall thickness
0.005
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph