- KTH0525 (Late Roman Amphora 1) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-79
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 1
- Description
- Tall, cylindrical neck, tapering in middle, with horizontal ridge near top at attachment of handles. Plain, rounded rim, rolled outward, uneven in form. Vertical loop handles attach at upper neck and rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Reddish, gritty fabric has uncommon, small, subangular, reddish and grayish (sand?) inclusions; very rare, subrounded, medium, “lime“ chunks at surface; and very rare, medium to large, subangular, gray rocks. Fired slightly lighter at surface.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 37.5.% of rim and neck to uppermost shoulder and traces of upper handle attachment. Slight, extensive abrasion and chips around breaks; worn breaks; thick specks to patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.1043
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.095
- Wall thickness
- 0.0117
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0525 (Late Roman Amphora 1).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0525>
