KE 1530 (Late Roman Amphora 1 with dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Modern chronology
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/day1963-08-01
Writing
true
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 407
Typological identification
Late Roman Amphora 1
Typological identification comment
Pieri2005 1A/B or transitional (late 5th-beginning of 6th century)
Bibliography
KenchreaiIV, pp. 117-118, no. RC 23a, pl. 31 (B. Adamsheck).
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Pale reddish brown, slightly more pale at surface; consistently fired. Medium fine, hard; somewhat granular break. Tiny, well sorted, black and white bits. Rare, irregular, small to medium lime chunks, very rare larger exploding at surface. Very thin wash; wet smoothing.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves entire rim and neck and one handle with adjacent shoulder, and upper part of second handle. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; small, somewhat thick, scattered specks and patches of encrustation.
Handle width
0.031
Neck diameter
0.0746
Rim diameter
0.086
Rim diameter
0.086e0
Wall thickness
0.005
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph