- KE 1146 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 293
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Small amphora. Conical lower neck turns more vertical upward. One letter in red dipinto: iota?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Orangish red core and interior surface; exterior surface (1-2mm) pale brown; consistently fired. Medium coarse, hard; granular break and gritty surface texture. Uncommon, small, well sorted, subrounded and subangular, black, gray, and rarely white (calcareous) inclusions; uncommon, large gold mica flakes at surface; rare, small, rounded voids.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves small part of upper body, shoulder, or neck. Faint, very sparse abrasion especially around edges; worn breaks; patch of irregular, white encrustation of variabel thickness especially on interior surface.
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.12
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.075
- Wall thickness
- 0.008-0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 1146 (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/ke1146>
