- KTH1371 (Crypta Balbi 2 Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-09
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification comment
- Carminiello Type 17 variant B
- Comparanda
- cf. Sagui2001b, pp. 283-294, nos. II.3.175-176 (Crypta Balbi)
- Description
- Short, curving, concave (“hourglass”) neck. Small, everted rim with rounded lip. Thick handle, oval in section, curves gradually down from the rim to the shoulder.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Red, hard, fabric; smooth to slightly granular break; frequent silver micaceous flakes often on surface; uncommon to common, angular, irregular, medium and smaller light particles (quartz and lime or feldspar?); rare, medium, angular and subangular, platy, dark gray to black particles; few varied tiny bits. Very thin, dull, darker (reddish brown) wash partially extant on surface, flaking.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 22% of rim, less than one quarter of neck, and upper part of one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and scattered scratches; somewhat clean breaks; very few specks and one patch of thin encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.046
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.085
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 10R 5/6
- Surface (slip) Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 5/2
- Drawing
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“KTH1371 (Crypta Balbi 2 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1371>
