- KTH1999 (Middle Roman Amphora 5) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 18
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Amphora 5
- Description
- Cylindrical neck; turning bands on interior and exterior. Short rim, outwardly thickened, rim has low sloping upper face and inward sloping, slightly convex(?) outer face with two grooves, the upper one obscured by encrustation but the lower one sharp. Loop handle, oval in section, attaches at upper neck-base of rim.
- Extant part
- Rim
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Core: 5YR 5/3 (reddish brown) but more red near surface. Surface: 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown). Consistently fired. Medium hard, gritty fabric has frequent tiny to small varied bits, mostly black and white (calcitic), some spherical, and scattered sparkling bits (quartz and/or golden mica); rare, medium, irregular red particles (iron oxide?). Thin, uneven, pale slip.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 20% of rim, large part of upper neck, and roughly one third of upper handle. Very slight, sparse abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; Medium to thick, extensive film of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.056
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.11
- Wall thickness
- 0.007
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH1999 (Middle Roman Amphora 5).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth1999>
