- KTH2304 (Dressel 2-4 Koan Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-86
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Dressel 2-4 Koan Amphora
- Description
- Cylindrical neck, tapering slightly upperward. Rolled and rounded rim. Bifid handle.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Hard, light brown to pale reddish yellow fabric with a smooth to granular break, micaceous, contains common, small, poorly sorted, subrounded and subangular, translucent, gray, and off-white particles (many quartzitic, some larger rocky chunks and varied minerals); rare, small red bits (iron oxide?); and scattered small, round voids.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 15% of rim and upper neck with one upper handle attachment. Slight to moderate abrasion and minor chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; wide patches of thin encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0796
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.105
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2304 (Dressel 2-4 Koan Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2304>
