KTH0919 (Roman Eastern Cilician Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-62
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Unclassified Amphora
Typological identification comment
Eastern Cilician: not Pompeii 5 or LRA 1, but morphologically linked to Agora M54/G198 or Lorenzo 7 (but thinner wall and no ledged rim)?
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Light red fabric but very surface fired whitish yellow; somewhat soft; granular break; frequent, mostly dark, small to tiny, varied inclusions=“black sand“ with rare lime bits and red serpentinite. Eastern Cilician.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 20% of rim and small part of upper neck with trace of upper handle attachment. Slight, sparse abrasion with rare flaking; worn breaks; tiny patches of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.0677
Estimated rim diameter
0.13
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH0919 (Roman Eastern Cilician Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0919>