KTH1662 (Byzantine 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

Comparanda

cf. KTH1340, KTH1652+1673, KTH2220

Description

Truncoconical neck, relatively thin-walled. Thin strap handle loops outward horizontally.

Fabric, firing, and surface description

Surface shows wet smoothing.

Preservation comment

One sherd preserves upper handle and part of middle neck at attachment. Slight, sparse abrasion and scoring; mostly clean breaks; thin, faint cloud of incipient encrustation.

Handle width

0.0535

Estimated neck diameter

0.095

Preserved height

0.0423

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph

Photograph