- KTH1851 (Hellenistic Imported Amphora) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-46
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Solid spike toe. Steep flaring lower body.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale orangish red, fired to pale “buff“ at surface (1mm?); hard, medium coarse fabric, with smooth break; rare, tiny inclusions: white and dark (red? dark grey?). Eastern Aegean?
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves lower part of body and upper toe. Moderate, slight abrasion with scraping and gouging; large chips; worn breaks; thick, irregular chunks of encrustation (or mortar?).
- Base Diameter preserved
- 0.0348
- Preserved height
- 0.065
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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