- KTH1648 (Late Roman Africana 3C=Keay 25.2 Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-31
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Keay 25 Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Africana 3C=Keay 25 variant?
- Description
- Wide, cylindrical neck tapers to sharp angle, from which beck flares up to thick, overhanging rim with vertical exterior face and flat top.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 2.5YR 6/6, orange. Slip: 2.5Y 5/4, pale yellow but tending to white. Hard, granular fabric, consistently fired, with infrequent to frequent, tiny, angular, light (quartz?), black, and red inclusions, rare, medium, elongated, “calcitic” inclusions, and rare, angular, red rocky bits. Tunisian fabric. Thin, even, matte, granular slip with saline content brushed on all exterior and over rim but apparently not on interior.
- Preservation comment
- One large fragment preserves roughly one quarter of rim and upper neck. Moderate, extensive chipping and scoring; slight patches of black discoloration from postdepositional scorching.
- Preserved height
- 0.036
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.11
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH1648 (Late Roman Africana 3C=Keay 25.2 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1648>
