- KTH1904 (Late Roman Amphora 2, Variant Fabric) [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
- Late Roman Amphora 2
- Typological identification comment
- Yassi Ada Type 2=Saraçhane Type 10/29
- Description
- Thick, relatively straight flaring rim.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Gritty non-southern Argolid LRA fabric. Reddish brown, consistently fired. Gritty, hard fabric; granular break, with frequent sandy inclusions. Medium subangular and rounded light red to light chunks, varied smaller quartz, sand, and lime; varied tiny bits; faint sparkles (silver mica?). Surface very thinly washed where not worn, largely same color as fabric though more pale in patches.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 10% of rim and part of middle to upper neck. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion; moderately worn breaks; no visible encrustation but gray cloud of secondary scorching around broken lip.
- Preserved height
- 0.0665
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.1
- Wall thickness
- 0.0143
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 6/6
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1904 (Late Roman Amphora 2, Variant Fabric).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1904>
