- KTH0865/2507 (Middle Roman Amphora 5) [permalink] [next] [show fewer links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-20
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Amphora 5
- Description
- Cylindrical neck flares slightly upward. Short, outwardly thickened to triangular rim has low sloping upper face and straight, inward sloping outer face with two sharp grooves. Handle, oval in section, attaches at base of rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Core: 5YR 5/2 (reddish gray) but reddish tinge toward surface. Surface: 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown). Medium hard, gritty fabric has frequent tiny to small, spherical to subrounded, mostly black but also white (calcitic) inclusions, rarely sparkling (quartz and/or golden mica?), and rare, small, angular red inclusions (iron oxide?). Thin, uneven, pale wash; upper neck displays wet-smoothing.
- Preservation comment
- Two nonjoining sherds (KTH0865/2507) preserve in total 32% of rim (20% and 12%) at upper handle attachments and part of upper neck. Slight, sparse abrasion and chipping around edges; somewhat worn edges; somewhat extensive, thin strands and patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.046
- Preserved height
- 0.062
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.11
- Wall thickness
- 0.007
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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