- KTH0575 (Samos Cistern 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
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Description
- Solid spike toe tapers downward to flat bottom, marked by widening into knob at base. Spirally turned. Wide to cylindrical lower body.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- SCA Fabric 2: red to reddish brown; sandy: uncommon, small, subangular, somewhat well sorted, lime particles and rare, varied, tiny dark bits; silvery micaceous. Eastern Aegean/western Asia Minor.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves entire toe and small part of lower wall. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and a few large chips; thick patches of encrustation around lower part; gray discoloration on exterior appears to be scorched concretion.
- Maximum diameter
- 0.041
- Minimum diameter
- 0.029
- Preserved height
- 0.072
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0575 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0575>
