- KTH2238 (Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-99
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 2
- Description
- Truncoconical neck. Straight flaring rim with rounded lip, amorphous and relatively thin wall.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Micaceous non-southern Argolid LRA2 fabric. Very gritty, hard; granular break and rough surface; dense, well sorted, small, white (lime), offwhite, gray, rare angular, black inclusions but very few spalling; uncommon small flakes of golden mica; thin wash over exterior, slightly more pale than fabric..
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 15% of rim and small part of uppermost neck. Slight, extensive abrasion; otherwise breaks and surface in relatively good condition.
- Preserved height
- 0.0479
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.095
- Rim Height
- 0.0299
- Wall thickness
- 0.0070
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2238 (Late Roman Amphora 2).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2238>
