- KTH1482 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-35
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Description
- Solid spike toe, slightly asymmetrical, tapers to widened panel at base above concave bottom. Lower wall flares to cylindrical body.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- SCA Fabric 1: brown with a tinge of red but fired golden brown at outside surface (2 mm); medium fine, hard; smooth to granular break; rare to uncommon, tiny to small, white to offwhite (calcareous and quartzitic) and red to gray inclusions; faintly micaceous. Surface well smoothed. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire toe and part of lower body. Very slight abrasion and chipping around edges; slight to moderate, extensive film of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.027
- Body diameter preserved
- 0.103
- Preserved height
- 0.099
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 6/6
- Drawing
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“KTH1482 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1482>
