- KTH2195 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 83
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- SCA Fabric 1: reddish brown fabric fired to golden brown at surface (1-2 mm); hard, medium fine, with smooth break; uncommon, tiny to small, poorly sorted, white (calcareous and quartzitic), red and gray, and rarely black(?) inclusions; slightly micaceous (silvery and golden). Smoothed surface. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 15% of rim, one upper handle attachment, and contiguous middle to upper neck. Moderate, extensive abrasion with frequent chipping and gouging; worn breaks; thick, irregular encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.053
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.1125
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2195 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2195>
