- KE 269 (Early Roman Amphora with Stamp) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- [-]ΥΡΥ|[-]ΑΡ
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 55
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Amphora. Wide, short toe with flat resting surface, rounded outer face, and sloping inner face; button on bottom. Thick wall flaring upward. Fine spiral groove starting above toe. On inner face of toe, oval, shallow incuse stamp (W. 0.0072m) with letters in low relief: [-]ΥΡΥ|[-]ΑΡ
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pinkish orange fabric, consistently fired slightly more reddish orange at surface. Hard, fine; smooth to slightly hackly break. Rare, tiny to very small, well sorted, varied bits; very rare, small, angular, white (lime) inclusions; very rare, small subangular inclusions; highly micaceous. Finely smoothed surface, with knife trimming around toe. Slip: red; somewhat thick, even, semimatte dipped slip(?) extends down to toe and over side. Knidian?
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves entire toe and part of lower body. Surface in good condition, apart from deep vertical gouge above toe; breaks show only slight wear.
- Base Diameter
- 0.0615
- Base Height
- 0.0179
- Preserved height
- 0.0793
- Wall thickness
- 0.0112
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 269 (Early Roman Amphora with Stamp).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0269>
