SCA Fabric 1: 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), red and gray, and rarely black(?) inclusions; slightly micaceous (silvery and golden). Smoothed surface. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves toe and lowermost part of body. Slight, sparse abrasion and rare gouging; worn breaks; faint, scattered patches of encrustation.
“KTH1660 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1660>