- KTH2623 (Late Roman Amphora 5 with painted decoration) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 5
- Description
- Convex body. Painted design of four curving, vertical lines. Turning ridges.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Reddish brown fabric, slightly granular, with frequent varied tiny “sandy” inclusions, occasional round lime and angular quartz. Consistently fired to slightly darker red at surface. Thin, somewhat even, matte paint is yellowish white.
- Preservation comment
- One small body sherd. Slight to moderate, extensive abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; sparse patches of encrustation.
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.076
- Wall thickness
- 0.008-0.013
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2623 (Late Roman Amphora 5 with painted decoration).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2623>
