- KTH0012 (Small Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-16
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 2 Small
- Description
- Rounded shoulder. Short, truncoconical neck. Flaring rim has rounded, inwardly thickened lip with groove made by finger just below on inner face. Rim profile distinctive in assemblage for having interior ledge for stopper. Short, angled loop handle, oval in section, attaches at middle of neck to base of rim and at shoulder. Combing on upper body to shoulder at level of lower handle attachment.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Standard LRA2 Argolid fabric but fired slightly browner than usual.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire rim, neck, one handle and one handle stub, and small part of shoulder. Slight, sparse erosion, abrasion, and chipping along edges; moderate to thick, somewhat chunky, extensive encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.0245
- Neck Height
- 0.053
- Preserved height
- 0.109
- Rim diameter
- 0.0826
- Rim Height
- 0.02
- Wall thickness
- 0.0074
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH0012 (Small Late Roman Amphora 2).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0012>
