KTH1611 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 3
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Samos Cistern Amphora
Contributor Notes
2025 (May): P. Bes studied and made fabric microphotograph.
Fabric, firing, surface
SCA Fabric C: red to reddish brown; granular break and sandy texture: uncommon, small, subangular, somewhat well sorted, lime particles and rare, varied, tiny dark bits (red, gray, rarely black); silvery and rarely golden micaceous. Eastern Aegean/western Asia Minor.
Preservation description
One large sherd preserves entire toe and small part of lowermost body. Slight, extensive abrasion and minor chipping around edges; worn breaks; extensive, somewhat thick encrustation. Faint cloud of post-depositional scorching.
Base Diameter
0.0203
Preserved height
0.0534
Wall thickness
0.008
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph