- KTH1673+1652 (Byzantine 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
- Comparanda
- cf. KTH1340, KTH1662, KTH2220
- Description
- Truncoconical neck, relatively thin-walled. Thin strap handle loops outward horizontally.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale red fired pale brown at surface; fine, very hard, with smooth to vaguely conchoidal break; rare to uncommon, small to medium, tabular and rarely angular white inclusions and rare, medium, irregular, red chunks. Smoothed surface.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds (1673+1652) preserve one complete handle and small part of contiguous neck. Slight chipping around edges; clean breaks; faint clouds of incipient encrustation(?).
- Handle width
- 0.0513
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.095
- Preserved height
- 0.1062
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KTH1673+1652 (Byzantine Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1673>
