- KTH0985 (Late Roman Amphora 5) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 70
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 5
- Typological identification comment
- Pieri 3
- Description
- Baggy body. Sloping shoulder with rounded, indistinct transition from body. Fine, sharp ridging on shoulder. Ring handle, oval in section with single groove on axis, attaches to shoulder well below rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Somewhat soft, reddish brown to orange, sandy fabric with various small, rounded to subrounded bits (black, red, gray) and lime chunks. Surface smoothed. Northern Palestinian: Caesarea.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves ca. 12% of upper body and lower shoulder with one entire handle. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and much chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; extensive encrustation over all surfaces. Spots of green mold from recent storage on handle.
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.265
- Handle total height
- 0.056
- Preserved height
- 0.068
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0985 (Late Roman Amphora 5).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0985>
