- KTH0984 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 70
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Description
- Solid spike toe tapers downward to flat bottom, marked by widening into panel at base. Spirally turned.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- SCA Fabric 1, so far as it can be observed through the encrustation: SCA Fabric 1: golden brown fabric with a tinge of orange; smooth to slightly granular break; medium fine(?), hard; small varied inclusions; micaceous sparkles. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire toe up to attachment with body. Slight, extensive abrasion; worn breaks; thin but continuous film of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.028
- Preserved height
- 0.074
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KTH0984 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0984>
