- KTH0593 (Agora M334 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
- Shape most like small-module Agora M334 (e.g. Reynolds2005, p. 603, pl. 16, fig. 116, AUB Museum)
- Comparanda
- KTH0571
- Description
- Irregular, slightly splayed ring foot; flat to slightly domed bottom. Tall, flaring lower wall. Excess clay on interior; spiral interior on floor and bottom. Slight tooled ridging on exterior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale orange fabric but splotchy pale areas on exterior. Hard, coarse; granular break and sandy texture throughout; common, small, somewhat well sorted, sandy inclusions, mostly subrounded to spherical: uncommon lime or other calcarous chunks; common to frequent, dark (mostly dark red/brown) and fewer light (many quartzitic) bits; rare, medium, angular, white chunks (limestone?). Southern Phoenician. Cf. KTH0814, KTH0832; sim. KTH2171.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire base and large part of lower wall. Slight, extensive abrasion and chipping around edges and across surface; scattered specks of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.0622
- Preserved height
- 0.0643
- Wall thickness
- 0.007
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0593 (Agora M334 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0593>
