- KE 1759 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 454
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Amphora with heavy construction. Cylindrical neck. Red dipinto on lower neck.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale reddish yellow, slightly more pink at surface; consistently fired. Fine, hard; smooth break, vaguely conchoidal in places. Rare, somewhat clustered, tiny to small, angular white and black inclusions; very red (a few), medium, rounded red (iron oxide?) and white (lime) particles at surface; small, subangular voids.
- Preservation comment
- Four joining sherds preserve roughly 30% of neck from articulation with shoulder up toward rim. Very slight abrasion, with rare scratching and chipping; mostly clean breaks.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 118, no. RC 24d, pl. 29 (B. Adamsheck)
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.12
- Preserved height
- 0.0964
- Wall thickness
- 0.0072-0.0085
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 1759 (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/ke1759>
