- KTH2714 (Middle Roman Amphora 5) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Comment
- Same vessel as KTH0669? Note similar fabric and surface.
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Middle Roman Amphora 5
- Description
- Solid spike tapers downward; widely flaring lower wall. Ridging on exterior.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Fabric: 10R 5/8, red. Slightly darker core; fired dark gray on surfaces (around 10R 4/1, dark reddish gray). Coarse fabric with uncommon small to medium-sized, subangular to subrounded, black, gray and white inclusions, few larger white (“lime“); occasional voids (spalling).
- Label or tag text
- KTH-2015-001 | room 4
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves most of spike (missing tip) with transition to wall. Slight, extensive abrasion on all surfaces and severe chipping around edges; thin, sparse patches of encrustation on all surfaces.
- Preserved height
- 0.119
- Wall thickness
- 0.013
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2714 (Middle Roman Amphora 5).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2714>
