- KE 673 (Roman Amphora, Pitcher, or Jar with Graffito) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- Π
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 179
- Typological identification
- Graffito (pottery or lamp)
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Small amphora or large jug or jar (note heavy construction). Sloping shoulder; cylindrical lower neck. Lower, wide corrugation on upper body. Graffito with one surviving Greek letter in thin, shallow strokes inscribed after firing, across upper shoulder near joint with neck: Π.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale reddish yellow, inconsistently fired to pale red at surface. Medium fine, hard; granular break; slightly bumpy texture on surface. Uncommon, tiny to small, somewhat poorly sorted, mostly dark bits; rare, small, subangular, white (calcareous) particles; very rare, small, subangular, pink to red (feldspar?) chunks; faintly micaceous at surface; uncommon to common voids, mostly small and rounded but rarely elongated, in breaks and surface.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 35-40% of upper body and shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion with minor chipping; worn breaks; extensive, thin film of encrustation across exterior surface.
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.141
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.142
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.06
- Preserved height
- 0.0575
- Preserved length
- 0.0586
- Wall thickness
- 0.0063
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- File
- Photograph
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