- KTH0977 (Egyptian Late Roman Amphora 5) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 70
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 5
- Typological identification comment
- sim. Pieri2005 4A=Egloff 187
- Description
- Short, vertical to slightly tapering, cylindrical rim with distinct bulge in middle; demarcard below b y sharp groove; rounded lip thickens outward. Upper shoulder is rounded, descends steeply. Fine, sharp ridging on upper shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale orangish red. Hard, slightly coarse; slight hackly break. Common, tiny to rarely small, white and gray to black inclusions, all well sorted. Thin, extensive white film: not slip; byproduct of drying process before firing? Sim. 1792. Egyptian: southwest of Delta.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 20% of rim and small part of upper shoulder. Very slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping; mostly clean breaks; extensive white (calcareous) film.
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.157
- Preserved height
- 0.051
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.095
- Rim Height
- 0.03
- Wall thickness
- 0.005
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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