KTH1650 (Africana 2B-D 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 comment
Africana 2B/2C/2D (3rd century)
Description
Loop handle, oval in section with wide grooves.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Pale brick red; slighty coarse and gritty, hard, with granular break; frequent, well sorted quartzitic sand (pale and gray, opaque, rounded to subrounded particles); cream coating (1-2 mm) from saline wash. Linear smoothing marks on exterior. Tunisian.
Preservation comment
One intact handle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion; somewhat worn breaks; thin patches of encrustation.
Handle width
0.0427
Preserved height
0.0954
Preserved width
0.0713
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph
Photograph