- KE 1548 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 425
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Amphora with wide shoulder and cylindrical neck. Two layers of red dipino at very top of shoulder, up to articulation with neck.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Light brown to buff, with slightly pinkish core; consistently fired. Fine, hard, smooth break. Tiny, well sorted mixed inclusions: black, gray, red, rarely white, mica; rare, medium, angular lime; one large spalled lime chunk; rare, elongated voids. Deep gouge on exterior before firing.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves small part of lower neck and joint to adjacent shoulder. Slight, sparse scoring; worn breaks; scattered, thick specks of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 117, no. RC 22s, pl. 31 (B. Adamsheck)
- Preserved height
- 0.0516
- Preserved width
- 0.0413
- Wall thickness
- 0.0062
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
-
- Photograph
-
- Photograph
-
- Photograph
-
-
“KE 1548 (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/ke1548>
