KTH2087 (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 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