KTH2159 (Late Roman North African Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-96
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Keay 25 Amphora
Typological identification
Spatheion
Typological identification comment
Africana 3C/Keay 25.2 (375-450 CE) or Spatheion 1 (400-450/475 CE).
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Orangish to brick red fabric; slighly coarse, hard; sandy texture; common, small, round, red, black, and white inclusions (calcareous and quartzitic); patches of saline wash. Classic Tunisian fabric.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves part of lower neck to shoulder. Moderate, somewhat extensive abrasion; worn breaks; thin, extensive encrustation.
Preserved height
0.079
Preserved width
0.0846
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph
Photograph