KTH1749 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-84
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Samos Cistern Amphora
Fabric, firing, and surface description
SCA Fabric 1: consistently fired golden brown; hard, medium fine, with smooth break; common, tiny to small, well sorted, white (calcareous and quartzitic), red and gray, and rarely black(?) inclusions; micaceous flakes at surface (mostly silvery but some golden). Smoothed surface. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves most of toe. Very slight, sparse abrasion and large chips from edge; worn breaks; thin, faint patches of encrustation.
Base Diameter
0.028
Preserved height
0.058
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Drawing
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH1749 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1749>