- KTH1696 (Late Roman Amphora 2, Variant Fabric) [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
- Late Roman Amphora 2
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Slightly granular fabric fired to consistent brownish red. Frequent tiny glistening quartz/mica, medium angular dark/reddish chunks, small to tiny angular light inclusions, tiny dark and light bits. Surface worn put slightly lighter thin wash extant in places. This is distinct from the ”Consistently Fired Red” LRA2 fabric.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 10% of rim and small part of uppermost neck. Slight, sparse abrasion and pitting around lip; worn breaks; faint, small patches of grey discoloration.
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.11
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 5YR 5/8
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1696 (Late Roman Amphora 2, Variant Fabric).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1696>
