KTH1119 (Small Agora M334 Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-88
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Comparanda
Cf. Reynolds2005, p. 603, pl. 16, fig. 116 (AUB Museum)
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Pale brown with a tinge of red, consistently fired; hard, medium coarse; granular to hackly break; numerous, small, well sorted, sandy inclusions, mostly rounded to spherical: many dark red and brown, many quartizitic, fewer calcareous; very rare, medium, subangular, dark inclusions. Variety of Northern Galilean-Southern Phoenician, not unlike LRA5 sandy orange fabric. Cf. KTH2058.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 45% of rim, large part of neck, and one upper handle. Slight, sparse abrasion but extensive chipping around edges; slightly worn breaks; sparse patches of irregular encrustation.
Preserved height
0.0876
Estimated rim diameter
0.08
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH1119 (Small Agora M334 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1119>