- KTH0476 (Early Byzantine Storage Jar/Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-41
- Comment
- JLR: related to Pyrgouthi 31? (but different fabric)
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Description
- Large storage vessel with large mouth and high, very slightly flaring neck. Two handles round in section attach at neck. Small, sharp ridge at bottom of neck. Wheel ridging on interior of neck.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Granular fabric with occasional, large to medium, subrounded, white (lime) and frequent, varied, smaller, reddish and dark, rounded inclusions; varied (mostly light) tiny bits; and occasional large golden mica flakes. Fabric not with ease directly assimilated to any LRA2 fabric. Surface wash very close in color to fabric.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves entire rim, almost all of neck, two handle stubs, and top of shoulder. Slight abrasion and numerous chips around rim; worn breaks; thin, extensive film of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.025
- Neck diameter
- 0.113
- Preserved height
- 0.078
- Rim diameter
- 0.13
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 6/4
- Drawing
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“KTH0476 (Early Byzantine Storage Jar/Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0476>
