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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-44
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 4
- Description
- Traces of pitches on wall around upper handle: fingerprints?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric, firing, and surface standard for type but notably more pale, very rare, medium, angular chunks of lime at surface, and variable firing to light red on exterior.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves one entire handle and large part of shoulder. Slight, extensive abrasion and very rare scratching and chipping; worn breaks; rare specks of encrustation. Greenish to grayish discoloration in band along one side from secondary scorching.
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1052 (Late Roman Amphora 4).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1052>
