KP125 (Dressel 5 Aegean Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Dressel 5 Amphora
Comparanda
cf. Hayes1983, pp. 149–150, 162, no. A53, fig. 23 (Villa Dionysos, Knossos)
Description
Cylindrical body with long, slender, solid spike. Cylindrical neck. Narrow, outward-thickened rim with angular lip. Circular, bifid handles attach to shoulder and just below rim but peak in a sharp angle at level of rim.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric (core and interior surface): 2.5YR 6/8, light red, to 10R 6/8, light red; (exterior): 10YR 8/4, very pale brown. Hard, fine fabric with rare mica, uncommon, small, rounded white inclusions and rare, small, subrounded, red inclusions.
Preservation comment
Eight joining fragments (a) preserve entire toe and most of lower and middle body, and one nonjoining fragment from the same vessel (b) preserves small part of upper neck and rim and one entire handle. Slight to moderate, extensive patches of encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 607, 725, 726, no. 147, fig. 17.61
Body diameter
0.254
Rim diameter
0.128
Chronology comment
Dated late 1st-early 2nd century.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph