KTH1917 (Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
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Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification comment
Spike toes like this appear on Late Roman LRA2 (~5th c. CE) and not on the developed Late Roman-Early Byzantine form of the southern Argolid or elsewhere in Aegean (late 6th-early 7th cs.)
Description
Short, irregular spike toe with rounded cap on bottom, prominently offset and near to a half circle in profile.
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Orangish red fired more pale at very surface; slightly soft, sandy texture; smooth to vaguely conchoidal break; numerous lime specks; rare angular glassy black bits; common silvery mica. Probably eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
Toe intact to lowermost wall. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; wide patches of encrustation.
Diameter
0.027
Preserved height
0.052
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph