- KTH1540 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 64
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- SCA Fabric 2: reddish to orangish brown; sandy: uncommon, small, subangular, somewhat well sorted, tiny to small, lime particles; rare, varied, tiny dark bits; micaceous flakes visible on surface (golden and silvery?). Eastern Aegean/western Asia Minor.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 10% of rim with one upper handle and small part of contiguous upper neck. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; extensive, uneven patches of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.028
- Preserved height
- 0.043
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.115
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH1540 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1540>
