- KTH1096 (Late Roman Amphora 5) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-22
- Comment
- Object description in preparation.
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 5
- Typological identification comment
- Pieri 2A
- Description
- Vertical to slightly flaring, cylindrical rim with slight bulge in middle; demarcated below by small rounded ridge like a ring; slightly rounded to triangular lip. Upper shoulder descends from neck in even slope; fine, sharp ridging.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Hard, orange fabric with common, small, rounded to subrounded, sandy inclusions (quartz, red and black) and small lime chunks; smoothed surface (cf. KTH2525). Northern Palestinian: Caesarea.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 22% of rim and upper shoulder. Slight, extensive abrasion and minor chipping around edges; moderately worn breaks; extensive white (calcareous) film.
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.14
- Preserved height
- 0.057
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.1
- Rim Height
- 0.039
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1096 (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/kth1096>
