- KE 365 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 78
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Amphora with cylindrical body, broad ridging on outside, and strong turn to low sloping shoulder. Red dipinto in large letters at turn from upper body to shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale reddish orange; exterior surface fired buff (2 mm). Medium fine, hard; slightly hackly break. Common, well sorted, tiny to small, subrounded and subangular white, gray, red, and black inclusions; faintly golden micaceous; rare small rounded and small elongated voids.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves part of upper body and turn to shoulder. Slight, extensive abrasion with minor scratching; worn breaks; thin, scattered, small patches of encrustation.
- Maximum diameter
- 0.152
- Preserved height
- 0.1902
- Wall thickness
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 365 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0365>
