KTH1384 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Samos Cistern Amphora
Description
Cylindrical neck flares slightly up to plain, outwardly thickened rim with rounded lip. Handle attached at lower rim descends in arc to shoulder; oval to rectangular in section with wide groove on outer face.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
SCA Fabric 1, so far as it can be observed through encrustatiojn: golden brown with a tinge of red; hard, medium fine; smooth to slightly granular break; frequent golden mica and other sparkles (silvery? quartzite?); infrequent white particles (calcareous), and varied tiny red and gray bits. Surface smoothed. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves 28% of rim, upper neck, and upper attachment of one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; thick coat of encrustation covers almost entire surface.
Preserved height
0.049
Estimated rim diameter
0.12
Wall thickness
0.011
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
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