- KTH2686 (Late Hellenistic-Early Roman Knidian Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Knidian Amphora
- Description
- Narrow, solid, spike toe with rounded ring near tip.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Red, hard, dense and brick-like fabric with rough surface; common, poorly to moderate sorted, inclusions: frequent tiny black, white and red bits; rare to uncommon, subrounded and subangular, dark gray, white (calcareous), and red (iron oxide) particulars; rare, medium, mostly angular gray and off-white (quartz and chert?).
- Label or tag text
- KTH-2015-001 | Room 4
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves entire toe. Heavy, extensive abrasion; heavy worn breaks; thick, frequent but discontinuous patches of encrustation.
- Base Height
- 0.065
- Maximum diameter
- 0.048
- Minimum diameter
- 0.019
- Preserved height
- 0.067
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 10R 5/6
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2686 (Late Hellenistic-Early Roman Knidian Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2686>
