- KTH1279 (Late Roman Amphora 1) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 1
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Exterior surfaces: pale yellowish brown; interior: yellowish orange. Pale, somewhat soft, medium coarse fabric with frequent angular and subangular, tiny to small, white, gray, and pale red rocky inclusions and rare, small to medium-sized, subrounded calcitic chunks and angular gray rocks. Consistently fired across surface.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves roughly 25% of neck, tub of one handle, and small part of shoulder. Slight to moderate, somewhat extensive, abrasion, pitting, and scoring and slight chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; thin, broad patches of discoloration (scorching?).
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.12
- Preserved height
- 0.117
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.1
- Wall thickness
- 0.011-0.015
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1279 (Late Roman Amphora 1).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1279>
