- KTH2740 (Beirut 2 Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Beirut 2 Amphora
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Brown fabric with a tinge of red; very surface fired more orange but faintly splotchy; slightly gritty, hard; smoother to slightly hackly break; uncommon, small, subangular, lime chunks; rare, small gray particles (quartzitic?) and tiny red bits. Beirut City/Khalde fabric?
- Label or tag text
- KTH-2015-001 | Room 6
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 18% of the rim, a large part of the neck, and the upper attachment of one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; specks to small patches of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.044
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.1
- Wall thickness
- 0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2740 (Beirut 2 Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2740>
