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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Writing transcription
- ΧΜΓ | [?]
- Fabric identification
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- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 424
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Amphora. Low sloping shoulder; cylindrical neck, bulging toward middle; strong ridging on interior neck. Red dipinto in two lines, first one with small characters and second one with larger characters: ΧΜΓ | [?].
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale pink to buff; very thin wash slightly more pale; consistenty fired. Medium fine, hard; granular break; slightly gritty texture. Uncommon, well sorted, rounded(?) black, white, and gray bits; rare, small, subrounded white (calcareous) inclusions; rare small golden mica flakes. Wet smoothing. Late Kenchreai RC22?
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 15% of lower neck and joint to adjacent shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; thin, irregular patches of encrustartion and black speckling on exterior surface.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 117, no. RC 22b, pl. 29 (B. Adamsheck)
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.075
- Preserved height
- 0.0658
- Preserved width
- 0.0592
- Wall thickness
- 0.0041-0.0059
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KE 1547 (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/ke1547>
