- KE 1149 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 296
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Amphora. Low sloping shoulder. Red dipinto on shoulder, three separate words in two or three(?) lines.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale pink core; pale, thin wash; consistently fired. Sandy, roughened texture on interior surface; hard; granular break. Numerous, well sorted, very small, white, gray, rarely black bits; very rare, medium, angular, cream-clear (quartizitic?) chunks; faintly micaceous on exterior surface.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves small part of shoulder with dipinto. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping around edges; worn breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, pp. 117-118, no. RC 23h, pl. 32 (B. Adamsheck)
- Preserved length
- 0.059
- Preserved width
- 0.043
- Wall thickness
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 1149 (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/ke1149>
