- KTH1995 (Early Byzantine Regional Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 18
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Comparanda
- cf. KTH2476, KTH2478
- Comparanda
- sim. Aupert1980, no. 326a, p. 440, fig. 46 (Argos, deposit dated end of 6th/beginning of 7th century)
- Comparanda
- sim. SlaneSanders2005, pp. 275, 278, no. 4-26, fig. 11 (“forerunner of Early Byzantine Corinthian amphora“; Panayia area, Corinth, assemblage 4 dated first half 7th century)
- Description
- Rounded shoulder and cylindrical neck, slightly convex. Handle attaches at base of neck and shoulder; oval in section with flattened outer face and faint ridging.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fine fabric with slightly granular break; infrequent, well sorted, tiny to small, subrounded, white (calcitic) inclusions, rare, small, subangular, dark gray to black inclusions visible at surface; and faintly micaceous. Consistently fired. Deep finger impressions at lower handle from attachment to shoulder.
- Preservation comment
- One intact handle and small part of contiguous neck and shoulder. Slight, extensive abrasion and rare chipping; worn breaks; extensive, thick film of gritty encrustation.
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.25
- Handle width
- 0.0393
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.1
- Preserved height
- 0.0997
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1995 (Early Byzantine Regional Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1995>
