- KTH2189 (Middle Roman North African Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 83
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification comment
- Africana II-IIIA/B (3rd-4th cs.)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Red brick fabric, fired to slightly more brown at surface; medium coarse, hard; slightly granular to slightly conchoidal break; common, small, rounded, white and red inclusions (some quartzitic). Thin but even saline wash, fired very pale yellow or cream. Classic Tunisian.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves one upper handle and attachment to neck. Slight to moderate, somewhat sparse abrasion; worn breaks; thin, discontinuous film of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.046
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KTH2189 (Middle Roman North African Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2189>
