- KTH0592 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Southern Phoenician Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-48
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification comment
- Small module Agora M 334.
- Description
- Inverted conical neck, ridged on inner face. Sharply undercut collar rim; pointed, slightly everted lip. High loop handle, slightly grooved, attaches at upper neck and rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Somewhat hard, rather gritty, dark orange fabric with rare to uncommon, small, subrounded white (calcareous) inclusions, rare small gray and red grains, and frequent tiny black bits. Not unlike Northern Palestinian orange fabric from Caesarea Maritima or its hinterland (see LRA5) but it has less granular texture and fewer prominent lime and quartzitic inclusions. Falls within range of variation of Northern Galilean/Southern Phoenician fabric from Horvat ‘Uza, east of Akko.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherds preserves ca. 22% or rim, upper neck, and upper attachment of one handle. Moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion, slight erosion; large chips around edges; very slight, scattered film of encrustation and some cloudy discoloration across surface.
- Preserved height
- 0.052
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.08
- Wall thickness
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH0592 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Southern Phoenician Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0592>
