KTH2111 (Roman Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer 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: prob. Dressel 5
Typological identification comment
JLR/PB 2024: SCA shape-family but variant fabric
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.
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