- KTH2504 (Crétoise 2 Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-94
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Crétoise 2 Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- AC2b (from Kastelli near Kissamos in western Crete?)
- Description
- Cylindrical, slightly bulging neck. Simple rounded to oval rim. Bifid handle attaches to upper neck just below rim; arches up to point at level of rim and then descends vertically.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fine, hard, pale brownish yellow fabric with a slightly granular break and a somewhat rough texture, containing rare to uncommon, small, poorly sorted, subrounded and subangular, white (calcareous) particles and black grains, as well as other rare, varied bits.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 30% of neck and rim and upper one-third of handle. Slight, rare abrasion and scratching; worn breaks; extensive, thin film of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.042
- Preserved height
- 0.089
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.08
- Wall thickness
- 0.0074
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2504 (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/kth2504>
