- KTH1347 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-57
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- SCA Fabric 1: pale golden brown but fired slightly darker brown at outside surface (2-3 mm); medium fine, hard; slightly smooth to granular break; uncommon, tiny to small, white to offwhite (calcareous and quartzitic) and red to gray inclusions; very rare medium, angular, greyish red stoney chunks; slightly silvery but also fewer golden micaceous. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves lower body down to attachment with toe but lacking inserted toe. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping around edges; worn breaks; extensive, thick encrustation.
- Preservation comment
- Truncated toe.
- Preserved height
- 0.054
- Wall thickness
- 0.009-0.011
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KTH1347 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1347>
