- KTH2499 (Crétoise 2 Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-94
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Crétoise 2 Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- AC2a (from Heraklion?)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Medium fine, medium hard, pinkish orange fabric (5YR 6/6), faintly micaceous, with a granular break and rough surface showing scattered, small fissures, that contained frequent, small to medium, poorly sorted, most subrounded spherical but few subangular and few tabular, white and black inclusions, less commonly gray, and red bits. Cf. 1736.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves ca. 15% of rim and small part of upper neck. Slight, frequent abrasion; worn breaks; faint clouds of white discoloration across exterior surface.
- Preserved height
- 0.047
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.08
- Wall thickness
- 0.006-0.007
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2499 (Crétoise 2 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2499>
