- KTH2675 (Late Roman Tunisian Keay 36 Amphora ) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Comparanda
- cf. Bonifay2004, pp. 131, 132, fig. 71.4 (Port-Vendres, 5th century)
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale red with a tinge of orange; cream-colored saline skin on exterior. Hard, somewhat fine fabric with smooth to vaguely conchoidal break; pimply texture. Uncommon, small, irregular white chunks; rare to uncommon, small, angular and rarely tabular, offwhite, opaque (quartzitic) inclusions; one large, rounded, opaque, smooth stone; rare, poorly sorted, angular, dark gray bits visible especially at surface. Central(?) Tunisian.
- Label or tag text
- KTH-2015-001 | Room 4
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 10% of rim and small part of upper neck. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping around edges; mostly clean breaks; large patches of encrustation over breaks.
- Preserved height
- 0.0858
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.12
- Rim Height
- 0.0538
- Wall thickness
- 0.01015
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2675 (Late Roman Tunisian Keay 36 Amphora ).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2675>
