- KE 442 (Ephesus 56 Amphora with Graffito) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 112
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Large variant of Ephesus 56; see EphesosXV.1, pp. 167-168 (T. Bezeczky)
- Description
- Amphora. Cylindrical neck that bulges slightly. Rim thickened outward, with rounded outer face and sloping upper interior face. Loop handles, oval in section, on upper neck just below rim. Graffito in deep, distinct strokes inscribed after firing(?) on upper side of handle: X.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Red fabric, fired light reddish brown at very surface, but some variation from inconsistent firing. Fine, very hard; smooth to slightly granular break. Rare, small, subangular, red (iron oxide) and clear or pale (quartzitic?) inclusions; highly micaceous. Ephesian (Bezeczky Ephesus Fabric B).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 8% of rim and adjacent neck and middle to upper handle. Surface in good condition though breaks slightly worn; large, thick patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiV, p. 112, no. RC 9, fig. 3 (B. Adamsheck)
- Handle width
- 0.031
- Preserved height
- 0.103
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.0915
- Wall thickness
- 0.0056
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 10R 5/8
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 5YR 6/4 (very surface)
- Drawing
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“KE 442 (Ephesus 56 Amphora with Graffito).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke0442>
