KTH2087 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 7
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Samos Cistern Amphora
Contributor Notes
2025 (May): P. Bes studied and made fabric microphotograph.
Fabric, firing, surface
SCA Fabric A: 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 gray inclusions; flecks of silvery mica. Cf. LRA3 Ephesian fabric.
Preservation description
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
Photograph