KTH1347 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Photograph
Photograph