- KTH1732 (Dressel 2-4 Asia Minor(?) Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 31, bag 1
- Comment
- Two objects from the same container were mistakenly assigned the same inventory number, this amphora and an LRA2 body sherd with dipinto. The LRA2 sherd was re-assigned as KTH2359.
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Description
- Amphora with vertical bifid handles, rounded in section.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale orange to buff but variable firing, with more pale surface. Fine, hard fabric with smooth break. Fine sandy (white to dark gray); frequent specks to visible flakes of silver mica. Southwest Asia Minor?
- Preservation comment
- Three joining sherd preserve half of one bifid handle that has separated. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and sparse, moderate chipping and gouging; very worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation. Smaller handle sherd shows large patches of black discoloration across surface from postdepositional burning.
- Handle width
- 0.025
- Preserved height
- 0.123
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KTH1732 (Dressel 2-4 Asia Minor(?) Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1732>
