- KE 1150 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Fabric identification
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- Logical part of
- Area G (Middle Spur, north of harbor)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 297
- Description
- Amphora with wide shoulder. Black dipinto in two to three lines(?) on shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Orange brown core; interior surface light brown (1mm); exterior surface more pale light brown (2mm); consistently fired. Fine, medium hard; smooth to slightly granular break. Rare, small, well sorted, subrounded and subangular dark bits and more uncommon white (calcareous) inclusions; very rare, medium, rounded lime chunks; common, very small gold mica flakes. Variant of LRA1? Outside surface finely smoothed.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves small part of shoulder with dipinto. Slight, moderate abrasion and minor chipping around edges; worn breaks; extensive, thin film on encrustation on exterior surface.
- Preserved length
- 0.086
- Preserved width
- 0.081
- Wall thickness
- 0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Pagescan
- Photograph
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“KE 1150 (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/ke1150>
