- KTH1657 (Late Roman Asia Minor 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
- Unclassified Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- Form related to Ephesus 56?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Greyish red core and interior surface fired to brownish red exterior surface (5-8 mm); slightly coarse, hard, with smooth to vaguely hackly break and fine gritty texture; common, tiny mixed bits (white, red, gray) visible throughout and at surface; rare, angular, stoney inclusions; frequent silvery mica. Southwestern Asia Minor but not Ephesian.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire toe. Slight, sparse abrasion and large chips from edge; somewhat worn breaks; rare specks and spicules of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.03
- Preserved height
- 0.0617
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1657 (Late Roman Asia Minor Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1657>
