- KTH1035 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 91
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Contributor Notes
- 2025 (May): P. Bes studied and made fabric microphotograph.
- Description
- Short cylindrical neck. Rounded, outwardly thickened rim. Arched handle, irregular to somewhat rectangular in section, with slight ridge on upper face.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- SCA Fabric C: reddish brown fabric; hard; gritty surface and granular break; frequent tiny sparkles (mixed mica?) at surface; uncommon, small, rounded, elongated lime and quartz; other tiny dark bits (gray, rarely red and black). Eastern Aegean/western Asia Minor.
- Preservation description
- One large sherd preserves 13% of rim, upper half of one handle, and contiguous part of middle to upper neck. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion with rare scoring; worn breaks; extensive, variable encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.031
- Preserved height
- 0.058
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.12
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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