- KTH1897 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Imported Amphora or Jug) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-23
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification comment
- Western Mediterranean?
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Consistently fired brownish red; medium coarse, hard; hackly break. Frequent, well sorted, small, subangular lime chunks as well as quartzite, silvery mica, feldspar(?), very rare dark brown chunks; numerous tiny voids.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 33% of rim and upper neck. Slight, sparse abrasion around edges; somewhat worn breaks; irregular, thin, extensive patches of encrustation. Traces of secondary scorching.
- Preserved height
- 0.0591
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.095
- Wall thickness
- 0.00788
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1897 (Late Roman/Early Byzantine Imported Amphora or Jug).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1897>
