KP093 (Dressel 1 Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Dressel 1 Amphora
Description
Short triangular rim, undercut with tooled ridges (visible on underside); rounded lip.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric (core): 2.5YR 7/6, light red; (surface): 2.5Y 8/3, pale yellow. Hard, fine fabric with rare mica and very rare, small, poorly sorted, angular white inclusions. Not Campanian; south Italian?
Preservation comment
One small fragment preserves small part of upper neck and ca. 25% of rim. Slight chipping and abrasion; very slight, extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 609, 724, 725, no. 244, fig. 17.61
Preserved height
0.061
Preserved width
0.078
Estimated rim diameter
0.175
Chronology comment
Dated early-mid-1st century BCE.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph