KTH1648 (Late Roman Africana 3C=Keay 25.2 Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Photograph
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