KP122 (Middle Hellenistic Knidian Amphora, Stamped) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Not after (date)

-146

Not before (date)

-167

Writing transcription

ἐπὶ Διογέ|νευς Δημ|ύλου Κνίδιο[ν] (inverted anchor?)

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Amphora Stamp

Typological identification

Knidian Amphora

Comparanda

Stamp: cf. Grace1985, pp. 31-34 (eponym Diogenes belongs to period IVB=ca. 167-146 BCE)

Comparanda

Stamp: cf. ICG 207-213, esp. 213

Comparanda

Stamp: cf. Jefremov1995, p. 136 (p. 216, no. 881 [Olbia] has fabricant’s name)

Comparanda

Stamp: cf. Pridik1896, p. 147, no. 68 (Athens)

Comparanda

cf. KP369

Conservation

2007 (June 23): light mechanical cleaning with distilled water and removal of encrustation with acetic acid solution (Melissa Morison).

Description

Arcing strap handle, elliptical in section, broken from upper neck of amphora. Impressed rectangular panel on top bears stamp of Knidian origin in raised letters: ἐπὶ Διογέ|νευς Δημ|ύλου Κνίδιο[ν] (inverted anchor?) (“Knidian product of Dem(o)ulos, under Diogenes“).

Fabric, firing, surface

5YR 6/6, reddish yellow. Material typical for ware. Same fabric and slip as KP124 and KP369.

Preservation description

One large fragment preserves >50% of one handle. Slight abrasion and gouging; worn breaks; very thin, sparse encrustation.

Published as

Bravo2022, pp. 570, 581, 582, no. 17, fig. 16.4

Handle width

0.046

Preserved length

0.102

Preserved width

0.049

Chronology comment

ca. 167–146 BCE

Explanation of deposition

Residual.

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Ceramic (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRA0701-007

Location in unit

Roman-Late Antique colluvium among rocks in south central trench.

Drawing

Drawing

Drawing

Photograph

Photograph