- KTH0451 (Egyptian imitation Late Roman Amphora 4) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 5
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 4
- Description
- Sloping shoulder. Low, plain rounded rim with rounded outer face. Excess clay across rim and shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Brown with a tinge of red at interior and exterior surfaces (3-5 mm); pale gray core at neck. Hard, slightly coarse; somewhat smooth to vaguely laminar break with slightly smooth surface texture. Rare, tiny, circular black bits; rare, tiny, elongated and irregular, black inclusions (organic) and similar voids. Nile delta.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 14% of rim and upper shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion; clean breaks; scattered, thin patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.042
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.13
- Wall thickness
- 0.005-0.007
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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