KTH2324 (Hellenistic-Early Roman Regional Beehive) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 86
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Beehive
Description
Flaring upper wall. Flaring rim with rounded outer edge and flat upper surface.
Fabric, firing, surface
Pale yellowish red but fired slightly more yellow toward surface; dense, hard fabric, with slightly splintery break; rare to uncommon lime specks and black bits. Well smoothed surface. Cf. southern Argolid LRA2 fabric.
Preservation description
One sherd preserves 8% of rim and small part of upper wall. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion; mostly clean breaks; small patches of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.0264
Estimated rim diameter
0.39
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph