KTH1539 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 64
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Samos Cistern Amphora
Description
Solid spike toe tapers to flattened bottom, marked off by widened panel at base. Light spiral turning.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
SCA Fabric 1: grayish brown fired to golden brown at surface (2mm); fine-medium fine, hard; smooth to slightly granular break; rare to uncommon, tiny to small, white to offwhite (calcareous and quartzitic) and red to gray inclusions; faintly micaceous. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves entire toe up to attached with body. Slight, extensive abrasion and sparse chips; worn breaks; thin film of encrustation covers all surfaces.
Maximum diameter
0.039
Minimum diameter
0.023
Preserved height
0.058
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph