KTH2087 (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 3: dark reddish brown to almost purple; hard, slightly gritty; granular break; uncommon to common(?), tiny to small, mostly white to offwhite (calcareous and quartzitic?) and fewer red to gray inclusions; flecks of silvery mica. Cf. LRA3 Ephesian fabric. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
Preservation comment
One fragment preserves nearly entire toe. Slight to moderate, extensive film of encrustation.
Base Diameter
0.028
Preserved height
0.071
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH2087 (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/kth2087>