- KTH2616 (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
- Description
- Cylindrical neck. Bifid handle, high arc that turns sharply down to upper attachment; no pseudo-Rhodian peak.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Hard, pale to yellowish red (a tinge of pink?) fabric with a granular break, faintly 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. Cf. KTH1737+1750.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves upper part of one handle; possibly from same vessel as KTH1737+1750. Slight, extensive abrasion and slight chipping; somewhat worn breaks; scattered specks to irregular patches of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.0447
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.08
- Preserved height
- 0.0738
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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“KTH2616 (Dressel 2-4 Koan Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2616>
