- KTH1274 (Late Roman Amphora 5 variant) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-63
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 5
- Typological identification comment
- Pieri2005 1B, “painted Akko jar“
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Brownish red to orange but in places surface fired more red; slightly coarse, hard, with slightly hackly break and rough surface; frequent, varied, tiny sand particles; uncommon, small, rounded lime; small, angular quartz; small shell fragments; and frequent tiny reddish and black bits; irregular voids observed at surface. Bands of excess clay around upper shoulder/neck up to lip. Northern Palestinian: Caesarea to Akko.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds (563+1274) preserve 30% of rim and large part of upper body; both handles survive (1197/1568). Slight abrasion and minor chipping around edges; slightly worn breaks; scattered but frequent thin patches of encrustation.
- Estimated body diameter
- 0.15
- Estimated height
- 0.35
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.065
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH1274 (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/kth1274>
