- KTH1256 (Roman-Byzantine Imported Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-80
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Description
- Arching loop handle, oval in section, with two grooves in outer face.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Very pale red (near 5YR 8/3) fired to faintly greenish yellow; slightly coarse, very hard, with smooth break but laminar flaking around base of handle (overfiring); uncommon, small, lime inclusions and small rounded voids; very rare micaceous sparkles.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves roughly 50% of one handle and one attachment. Extensive, slight abrasion and flaking at surface; worn breaks; sparse, thin film of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.053
- Preserved height
- 0.1097
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH1256 (Roman-Byzantine Imported Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1256>
