KTH2111 (Middle-Late Roman Asia Minor Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 7
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Unclassified Amphora
Typological identification comment
JLR 2022: Dressel 5?
Typological identification comment
JLR/PB 2024: RC22/Torone 7, Ephesus 56, SCA shape-family but not fabric
Comparanda
cf. KTH0817
Comparanda
sim. 1097
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Buff to pale reddish brown, consistently fired; hard, medium fine; slightly granular break; rare, poorly sorted, tiny light (calcareous) and rarely dark bits; silvery micaceous sparkles. Very well smoothed surface. Western Asia Minor/Eastern Aegean.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves upper toe and roughly 25% of lower body. Slight, extensive abrasion and minor gouging and chipping; worn breaks; extensive, irregular, thin specks to patches of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.121
Preserved width
0.173
Base Width
0.027
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Suggested citation
“KTH2111 (Middle-Late Roman Asia Minor Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2111>