KTH2470 (Early Roman Eastern Cilician Amphora) [permalink] [show fewer links]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 59, bag 1
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification comment
Agora M54=Knossos 47=“Pseudo-coenne“ en cloche (second half 1st-late 2nd century CE)
Description
Thick-walled upper body (or neck?) tapers steeply to rim. Rounded rim, rolled outward and slightly undercut. Short, irregular, vertical gouges along the outer face of the rim: damage associated with a lid? (cf. KTH1784).
Fabric, firing, and surface description
Red, slightly coarse, somewhat hard fabric with granular to conchoidal break; surface fired to slightly more orange hue; frequent, tiny to small, rounded, clustering, subrounded and subangular, black stoney particles mixed with rare, tiny, red and rarely white bits; infrequent, small, round voids. Inclusions frequent at surface, which has slightly bumpy texture.
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves 20% of rim and large part of upper body (or neck). Moderate, extensive abrasion and slight pitting; worn edges; extensive, somewhat thin film of encrustation.
Preserved height
0.051
Estimated rim diameter
0.12
Wall thickness
0.0093
Has geographic origin
Attica
Belongs to Historical Period
Late Roman (Historical Period)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Fabric Munsell reading
2.5YR 6/8
Drawing
Photograph