- KTH0957 (Middle-Late Roman African Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-54
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Keay 25 Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Africana 2D, African 3C/Keay 25, or Keay 39
- Description
- Heavy, solid toe. Tapers slightly in middle; terminates in flat bottom. Very slightly thickened towards end but no distinct marking of toe from lowest wall. Faint turning marks.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Brick red; somewhat fine, hard, smooth break; uncommon, small, rounded, sandy inclusions (quartzitic?); other mostly dark, tiny bits. Thin creamy white film from saline wash preserved under encrustation. Tunisian.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves entire toe up to attachment to lower wall. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and large chips; worn break. Thick, extensive patch of encrustation mostly on one side.
- Maximum diameter
- 0.052
- Preserved height
- 0.084
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0957 (Middle-Late Roman African Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0957>
