- KTH0995 (Late Roman Amphora 4) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-73
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 4
- Description
- Amphora. The toe terminates in a small flat disk, clearly not enough to support standing vessel. Deep combing on lower wall.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Reddish LRA4 fabric. Hard red, slightly granular fabric with occasional chunks of large to small irregular and angular lime, and small to tiny light bits. This fabric has similarities with KTH1530, though that has larger lime chunks.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire toe and most of lower body. Slight, sparse abrasion and sparse chipping; worn breaks; extensive small patches of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.0311
- Preserved height
- 0.1314
- Wall thickness
- 0.006
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 6/8
- Surface (slip) Munsell reading
- 7.5 8/3
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0995 (Late Roman Amphora 4).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0995>
