- KTH1445 (Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-34
- Comment
- JLR 3-2020: cf. Saguì 2001, p. 288, no. II.3.145 (Crypta Balbi, Rome, end 6-7AD)?
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 2
- Comparanda
- Cf. KTH1497
- Description
- Combing on shoulder is light and closely spaced.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- “Consistently fired red“ LRA2 fabric. Fabric is consistently fired red; slightly coarse, hard; frequent tiny inclusions, mostly light subangular, and some larger lime chunks. Very thin matte wash on surface, mostly same color as underlying clay, paler in patches.
- Preservation comment
- Five joining sherds preserve entire upper profile. Very slight, sparse abrasion and rare pitting and gouging; mostly clean breaks; sparse, thin patches of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.031
- Handle width
- 0.0326
- Preserved height
- 0.205
- Rim diameter
- 0.107
- Rim Height
- 0.0359
- Wall thickness
- 0.0072
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 6/6
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1445 (Late Roman Amphora 2).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1445>
