Orangish red fabric, gritty, with quartzitic sand inclusions. Northern Palestinian.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves one handle and small part of contiguous wall. From same vessel as numerous body sherds with painting and rim sherds, as well as other handle, KTH1658. See KTH1274 for full description. From this same vessel come several body sherds with spiral and band motifs painted in yellowish white.
“KTH1197 (Late Roman Amphora 5 variant).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1197>