- KTH1637 (Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 39
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 2
- Typological identification comment
- Yassi Ada Type 2=Saraçhane Type 29 (Bass 1982; van Doorninck 1989); check also Crypta Balbi
- Description
- Amphora. Tall, steeply conical neck. Short, slightly flaring rim with plain lip, rounded and thickened on outer face and sharp inner edge; distinct joing between neck and rim. Handles attach at middle to upper neck; oval in section, with irregular, shallow grooves all around.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Gritty non-southern Argolid LRA2 fabric. Reddish brown; light wash same color as fabric; consistently fired. Coarse, hard fabric; hackly break; very rough surface texture. Uncommon to common, poorly sorted, medium and rare, isolated, subangular, large lime chunks; rare lime specks; uncommon, small, angular and rounded, gray, black, and red inclusions; very rare, isolated, angular, yellow (lime?)stone; rare, small flakes of silvery mica; varied, small to medium voids in various forms, some elongated (burned off chaff?).
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 10% of rim, adjacent middle to upper neck, and one upper handle attachment. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion with minor scoring; slightly worn breaks; faint white clouding (incipient encrustation?).
- Handle width
- 0.0385
- Preserved height
- 0.1271
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.09
- Rim Height
- 0.0338
- Wall thickness
- 0.0134
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 6/8
- Drawing
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“KTH1637 (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/kth1637>
