KTH2077 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer 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