- KTH1332 (Middle Roman Amphora 5) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 45
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Amphora 5
- Description
- Cylindrical neck. Outward thickened rim has low sloping upper face and steeply inward sloping, slightly convex outer face marked by two sharp grooves. Handle, oval(?) in section, attaches at base of rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Core: 5YR 7/2 (pinkish gray), but tinge of red toward surface; surface: 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown). Medium hard, gritty fabric with uncommon tiny, dark bits, rare, small glistening particles (“quartz” and golden mica?), rare, medium or larger, white (calcitic) and red (iron oxide?), subangular to subrounded inclusions. Surface thinly washed and pale.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 15% of rim and very small part of upper neck and one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; small, scattered patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.036
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.13
- Wall thickness
- 0.006-0.008
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 5YR 6/4
- Drawing
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“KTH1332 (Middle Roman Amphora 5).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1332>
