- KE 507 (Late Roman Amphora 1 with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 130A
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 1
- Description
- Amphora. Rounded shoulder; dense, low ridging on upper body. Red dipinto in large letters across shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Light reddish brown fabric, more buff on exterior surface; consistently fired. Medium fine, hard; slightly granular break and gritty texture. Tiny to small, well sorted, black, gray, rarely red and white inclusions; rare, small to medium, subangular voids. Wet smoothing.
- Preservation comment
- One large shoulder preserves part of upper body to shoulder. Moderate, extensive abrasion and gouging, with chipping and erosion around edges; worn breaks; no visible encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.083
- Preserved width
- 0.117
- Wall thickness
- 0.0091
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 507 (Late Roman Amphora 1 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/ke0507>
