- KTH2046 (Small Agora M334 Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-46
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Comparanda
- Cf. Reynolds2005, p. 603, pl. 16, fig. 115 (AUB Museum, late 5th century?)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale brown with a tinge of orange or red, consistently fired; hard, medium coarse; granular to hackly break; numerous, small, well sorted, sandy inclusions, mostly rounded to spherical: many dark red and brown, many quartizitic, fewer calcareous; very rare, medium, subangular, white inclusions, few spalling: chalk or limestone? Variety of northern Galilean to southern Phoenician, not unlike LRA5 sandy orange fabric. Sim. KTH1119; KTH2058.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 10% of rim and small part of upper neck with one upper handle and attachment. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion and pitting and chipping; slightly worn breaks; thin, extensive encrustation and dark gray discoloration (post-depositional).
- Handle width
- 0.0331
- Preserved height
- 0.0486
- Preserved width
- 0.0814
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.08
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KTH2046 (Small Agora M334 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2046>
