KTH1685 (Late Roman North African Keay 61/62 Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer 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
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph