KP191 (Early-Middle Roman Regional(?) Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Unclassified Amphora
Description
Short, solid spike toe, cylindrical with rounded tip; deep groove just above tip. Corrugated lower body.
Fabric, firing, surface
7.5YR 6/4, light brown. Hard, gritty fabric with common golden mica, frequent, very small, spherical, white and gray inclusions, and common, tabular, white inclusions. Regional?
Preservation description
Two large joining fragments preserve entire toe and small part of lower body. Slight erosion and chipping along breaks; slight to moderate, extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 732-733, no. 264, fig. 17.65
Base Diameter
0.047
Preserved height
0.153
Chronology comment
2nd-4th century
Explanation of deposition
In mass of Roman sherds and other debris against upper/west face of Wall A1, where they accumulated with downslope movement and/or with disposal by users of adjacent passageway.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0804-007
Location in unit
Along upper/west face of Wall A1.
Drawing
Photograph