- KE 2238 (Roman Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 682
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Conservation
- 1960s: sherds mended with shellac and infilled with fine white plaster painted gray.
- Description
- Amphora with short tapering neck, thickened rounded rim, small oval-section handles, and ridging on extant body. Wide groove on neck below rim. Handles extend from neck to body. Very thin walls.
- Preservation comment
- Eleven joining sherds preserve entire rim, most of neck, one entire handle and part of a second, and most of shoulder with adjacent upper wall. Slight, extensive abrasion and minor chipping around edges; worn breaks.
- Handle width
- 0.016
- Rim diameter
- 0.098
- Wall thickness
- 0.035
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 2238 (Roman Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2238>
