- KTH1374 (Late Roman Amphora 14) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 14
- Description
- Narrow, cylindrical body up to gentle rounded shoulder. Short, narrow neck thickened at midpoint into ridge; slightly flaring, thickened rim flat on top. Vertical loop handle, angled at outside apex, attaches at shoulder and ridge on neck.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Reddish yellow to pink fired to yellow-pale orange on exterior. Fabric is fine with very rare, small, subrounded, white inclusions, tiny black and red inclusions, and rare mica. Thin but even wash same color as clay. Brushmarks on surface from wet-smoothing.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves ca. 15-20% of rim, neck and upper shoulder, and one handle. Good condition; clean breaks; scattered specks to small patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.061
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.055
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Early Byzantine (Historical Period)
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH1374 (Late Roman Amphora 14).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1374>
