- KTH1737+1750 (Dressel 2-4 Koan Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-31-bag
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Description
- Cylindrical neck. Bifid handle rising to sharp downturn without ”pseudo-Rhodian” peak.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Hard, pale to yellowish red (a tinge of pink?) fabric with a granular break, contains common, small, poorly sorted, subrounded and subangular, translucent, gray, and off-white particles (many quartzitic, some larger rocky chunks and varied minerals); rare, small red bits (iron oxide?); frequent silvery mica; and scattered small, round voids.
- Preservation comment
- Two joining sherds preserve most of one handle and adjacent neck at upper attachment. Very sparse, slight abrasion; well worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation but mostly clean surface.
- Handle width
- 0.0415
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.931
- Preserved height
- 0.0126
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1737+1750 (Dressel 2-4 Koan Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1737>
