- KTH0496 (Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-57
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 2
- Description
- Rounded shoulder. Wide, truncoconical neck. Sharp articulation between neck and rim. Flaring, convex rim has rounded, inwardly thickened lip with groove made by finger just below on inner face. Vertical loop handle, oval in section, attaches at middle of neck and at shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Micaceous variant of LRA2 southern Argolid fabric; typical firing and surface treatment.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 55% of rim, most of neck, one intact handle, and one upper handle attachment Clean breaks; thin but extensive patches of encrustation on all surfaces.
- Handle width
- 0.0362
- Preserved height
- 0.188
- Rim diameter
- 0.1043
- Rim Height
- 0.0363
- Wall thickness
- 0.0089
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0496 (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/kth0496>
