KTH2077 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 7
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Samos Cistern Amphora
Fabric, firing, and surface description
SCA Fabric 1: pale golden brown, fired slightly darker at very surface (or washed?); medium fine, hard; smooth to granular break; uncommon to common(?), tiny to small, white to offwhite (calcareous and quartzitic) and red to gray inclusions; flecks of silver and golden micaceous. Smoothed surface. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
Intact toe but detached from lower wall of vessel. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping around edge; worn breaks; thin, extensive film of encrustation.
Base Diameter
0.028
Preserved height
0.091
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH2077 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2077>