KE 1149 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show fewer 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

Photograph

Photograph