- KE 620 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 169
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Amphora with rounded shoulder and faint ridging. Red dipinto with large letters on shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Buff with tinge of pink; consistently fired. Hard, fine; smooth break. Rare, well sorted, tiny, black, red, and gray inclusions; very rare, small, rounded, white (calcareous) particles; frequently golden mica visible at surface
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves part of upper body and shoulder. Very slight, sparse abrasion with chipping along edge; worn breaks; extensive, gritty encrustation across surfaces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 117, no. RC 22t, pl. 32 (B. Adamsheck)
- Preserved height
- 0.0863
- Preserved width
- 0.0922
- Wall thickness
- 0.0065
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KE 620 (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/ke0620>
