KTH1660 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 31
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Samos Cistern Amphora
Contributor Notes
2025 (May): P. Bes studied and made fabric microphotograph.
Fabric, firing, surface
SCA Fabric B: reddish brown fabric fired to golden brown at surface (1mm) but cloud of purplish brown to one side; hard, medium fine, with smooth break; uncommon, tiny to small, poorly sorted, white (calcareous and quartzitic), gray, and rarely black(?) inclusions; slightly silvery micaceous. Smoothed surface. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
Preservation description
One large sherd preserves toe and lowermost part of body. Slight, sparse abrasion and rare gouging; worn breaks; faint, scattered patches of encrustation.
Base Diameter
0.027
Preserved height
0.086
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph