- KP160 (Middle Roman Amphora) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraV, p. 68, no. K 112, pl. 15 (H. S. Robinson)
- Comparanda
- cf. MartyPeppers1979, pp. 96, 286–287, 434, no. I334, fig. 87:f (Tower 10/Loukos Field, Isthmia, 3rd century)
- Description
- Very small button toe. Ovoid to globular, vaguely saggy; dense, shallow ridging covers body.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- 5YR 6/8, reddish yellow. Soft, slightly gritty fabric with rare mica, common, poorly sorted, small white inclusions and rare, very small, black inclusions.
- Preservation comment
- 171 joining and nonjoining fragments preserve >50% of middle to lower body. Severe erosion, slight chipping, and slight to moderate gouging; slight, extensive encrustation.
- Published as
- MorisonRife2022, pp. 613-614, 733, no. 265, fig. 17.66
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.33
- Preserved height
- 0.407
- Chronology comment
- Dated 3rd century.
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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