KTH0814 (Agora M334 Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-33
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Description
Small concave base. Base shows tooling on underside and is unfinished on interior, with excess clay blob.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Pale orange fabric with a tinge of red, fired slightly more pale at surface; hard, slightly coarse; vagule smooth to granular break; common, small, somewhat well sorted, sandy inclusions, mostly subrounded to spherical: common lime or other calcarous chunks; uncommon to common, dark (red, gray?) and light (many quartzitic) bits. Southern Phoenician. Cf. KTH0832; sim. KTH2171 but less gritty.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 50% of base and part of lowermost wall. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion and chipping around edge; worn breaks; extensive, thin film of encrustation.
Estimated base diameter
0.045
Preserved height
0.0233
Wall thickness
0.0065
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH0814 (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/kth0814>