- KTH1685 (Late Roman North African Keay 61/62 Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-76
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Keay 61 Amphora
- Typological identification
- Keay 62 Amphora
- Description
- Button or knob base. Solid toe, hollow at top inside, with collar.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Consistently fired brick red. Hard, medium fine; smooth to vaguely conchoidal break. Frequent, medium to small, angular, light calcareous and less common quartzitic inclusions; rare, very large lime chunks exploding on interior surface (two observed). Above toe surface has saline wash fired pale. Classic Tunisian fabric.
- Base Diameter
- 0.045
- Maximum diameter
- 0.1681
- Preserved height
- 0.0898
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 10R 5/6
- Surface (slip) Munsell reading
- 2.5Y 8/2
- Drawing
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“KTH1685 (Late Roman North African Keay 61/62 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1685>
