- KTH2759 (Samos Cistern Amphora) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-49
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Samos Cistern Amphora
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- SCA Fabric 1: consistnely fired brown with a tinge of red; hard, slightly fine; granular break; uncommon, small to medium, subangular light inclusions (quartz and limestone); moderately silvery (and golden?) micaceous; other tiny red and gray bits. Eastern Aegean-western Asia Minor.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves 15% of rim, large part of neck and upper shoulder, and upper attachment of one handle. Moderate abrasion and slight chipping around edges; worn breaks; somewhat thick, extensive film of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.03
- Preserved height
- 0.107
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.105
- Wall thickness
- 0.011
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH2759 (Samos Cistern Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth2759>
