- KTH0571 (Agora M334 Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-47
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Agora M334 Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Form with splayed base almost like foot and relatively straight lower wall(?) most resembles early Agora M334 (e.g. Reynolds2005, p. 602, pl. 15, fig. 107 [Beirut, 5th century?])
- Comparanda
- KTH0593
- Description
- Cylindrical lower body. Slightly concave base; slightly rounded edge. Excess clay chunk on interior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale orange fabric fired slightly more red at outside surface. Hard, slightly coarse; granular break, sandy texture; common, small, somewhat well sorted, sandy inclusions, mostly subrounded to spherical: uncommon lime or other calcarous chunks; uncommon to common, dark (mostly dark red/brown) and light (many quartzitic) bits; one large, angular, white chunk (limestone?). Southern Phoenician. Cf. KTH0814, KTH0832; sim. KTH2171.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 65% of base and small part of lower wall. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and large chips around edges; worn breaks; irregular specks to patches of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.0597
- Preserved height
- 0.029
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0571 (Agora M334 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0571>
