- KE 2244 (Small Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 688
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 2 Small
- Conservation
- 1960s: mended with natural shellac and joint covered with white plaster.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Hard to characterize material properties because of weathering. Reddish yellow. Fine fabric with smooth break. Uncommon, well sorted, tiny white bits (calcareous?); rare, small to medium, limestone chunks, many spalling; very rare, tiny dark bits; faint golden micaceous flecks. Consistent with Northeastern Peloponnesian fabrics cf. southern Argolid.
- Preservation description
- Four joining fragments preserve ca. 60% of body with complete neck and both handle but missing bottom and rim. Extensive, severe abrasion and erosion with frequent gouging and pitting; brittle overall condition; worn breaks; extensive patches of gray discoloration. Weathering consistent with prolonged marine submersion.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, pp. 115-116, no. RC 16, pl. 27 (B. Adamsheck)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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