- KTH1800 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-68
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Reddish brown fabric fired to golden brown at surface (1 mm) but cloud of purplish brown to one side; hard, medium fine, with smooth break and soapy surface texture; uncommon, tiny to small, poorly sorted, white (calcareous and quartzitic), red and numerous gray, rarely black(?) inclusions; slightly silvery micaceous. Smoothed surface. SCA Fabric A: eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves lower part of toe. Slight, very sparse abrasion and rare gouging; worn breaks; faint film of encrustation.
- Base Diameter
- 0.027
- Preserved height
- 0.052
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1800 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1800>
