KE 1154 (Roman Tripolitanian Amphora with Stamp) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 301
Typological identification
Tripolitanian Amphora
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Core: brick red; interior surface (5-6mm) dark grayish brown; exterior surface (1m mm) brown. Slightly coarse, hard; hackly break; rough and sandy surface. Numerous very small, rounded, sand inclusions (quartzitic; pale bits); one angular chunk of charcoal; rare, subangular, medium chunks of lime opening at surface.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves ca. 35% of rim and neck with one upper handle attachment. Slight, sparse abrasion; somewhat worn breaks; patches of gray encrustation in grooves.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 112, no. RC 8d (B. Adamsheck)
Estimated diameter upper bound
0.168
Preserved height
0.1603
Estimated rim diameter
0.126
Rim Height
0.0388
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
File
Photograph
Photograph