- KTH1564 (Small Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 24
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 2 Small
- Description
- Small LRA2 amphora with distinctive profile. Rim is more deliberately formed than usual: lip and outer turn of rim at maximum diameter are both sharper than usual, meeting of rim and neck is offset by groove that gives “hooked” appearance.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Standard LRA2 Southern Argolid fabric, firing, and surface treatment: slightly overfired.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire rim and part of neck with one upper handle attachment. Slight, sparse abrasion; worn breaks; thick patches of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0608
- Rim diameter
- 0.0853
- Rim Height
- 0.0173
- Wall thickness
- 0.0065
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH1564 (Small 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/kth1564>
