- KE 2095 (Hellenistic Corinthian Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 546
- Conservation
- 1960s: joined with natural shellac and infilled with white plaster painted dark gray.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Buff with a tinge of red, consistently fired; slightly soft, fine fabric; uncommon, small to medium, poorly sorted, subangular and subrounded lime chunks, few spalling; rare angular black bits. Thick, even, semilustrous slip fired black, over whole outside body down to ridge at 4 cm above base, over lip and just into upper neck; bottom reserved. Turning grooves spiralling up exterior; excess clay and scraping across neck before firing. Corinthian?
- Preservation comment
- 16 joining and one non-joining fragments preserve almost complete vessel but missing lower wall. Moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion with scoring and gouging; worn breaks; no excrustation (but cleaning in conservation).
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 128, no. RC 48, pl. 35 (B. Adamsheck)
- Base Diameter
- 0.0884
- Body diameter
- 0.1704
- Handle total height
- 0.102
- Handle width
- 0.0235
- Preserved height
- 0.2178
- Rim diameter
- 0.1452
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
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“KE 2095 (Hellenistic Corinthian Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2095>
