- KE 2239 (Middle Roman Amphora 7) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 683
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Amphora 7
- Conservation
- 1960s: sherds mended with acrylic resin and infilled with fine white plaster painted gray.
- Description
- Amphora with long conical neck, high arching handles springing upward from below rim and descending to rounded shoulder, conical body narrows to hollow ring foot with interior button. Wide spiral on neck; narrower spiral on toe. Two wide grooves on handles create central ridge, with lighter groove adjacent on one handle.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Coarse fabric made lighter by marine exposure but overall red hue retained. Abundant large to medium, calcareous, rounded and subangular inclusions, occasional large stones, varied small sandy bits.
- Preservation comment
- Five joining sherds (two very large) preserve rim, base, both handles, entire neck, and much of body for full profile. Extensive, moderate to severe erosion and abrasion, including pitting, so that original surface is all but missing; scattered specks to small patches of encrustation (vermetid casings?). Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, pp. 113-114, no. RC 11, pl. 26 (B. Adamsheck)
- Handle width
- 0.05
- Height
- 0.74
- Base Height
- 0.06
- Rim diameter
- 0.068
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
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“KE 2239 (Middle Roman Amphora 7).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2239>
