- KE 2240 (Middle Roman Amphora 3) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area UA (Underwater at south mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 684
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Amphora 3
- Comparanda
- cf. AgoraV, pp. 55-56, no. J 46, pls. 11, 41 (H. Robinson; deposit dated mid-2nd-early 3rd centuries)
- Comparanda
- cf. Lang1955, pp. 277-278, n. 5, pl. 79:f (Athenian Agora P 3149, dated 1st century)
- Description
- Rounded shoulder, wide just below neck. High cylindrical neck tapers upward. Everted rim, triangular in profile, has rounded outer lip and groove just below. Strap handle with channel on upper face rises from neck and extends to shoulder.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves intact rim, neck and single handle and part of shoulder below Scattered marine encrustation. Marine exposure has removed essentially all of original surface, creating hole in neck; remaining material is soft and flakey.
- Handle width
- 0.034
- Rim diameter
- 0.058
- Wall thickness
- 0.007
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KE 2240 (Middle Roman Amphora 3).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2240>
