KP442 (Middle-Late Roman Levantine Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Kenchreai Cemetery Project Inventoried Objects
Typological identification comment
cf. Qaswaret 2350
Description
Ovoid body tapering to conical lower body. Concave toe with small ring foot, slightly domed; very small button on underside.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 2.5YR 5/6, red; consistently fired. Very coarse, hard; granular break with abrasive surface texture. Abundant, well sorted inclusions, predominantly spherical to subrounded, some large but mostly small to tiny: varied mostly dark red or brown and angular splintery black chunks and black platy bits (volcanic), white (lime and limestone?), offwhite (quartzitic?). Levantine: Syrian?
Preservation comment
Eight sherds total, three largest joining, preserve 70% of base and lower wall. Slight, extensive abrasion; mostly clean breaks; thin patches of pale brown, gritty encrustation on interior and exterior surface.
Base Diameter
0.054
Preserved height
0.134
Wall thickness
0.0078
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Fabric Munsell reading
2.5YR 5/6 red
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph