KTH1540 (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
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
Photograph
Photograph