KP160 (Middle-Late Roman Cretan MRC3 Amphora) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects

Typological identification

Middle Roman Cretan Amphora

Typological identification comment

AC1c=MRC3

Comparanda

cf. AgoraV, p. 68, no. K 112, pl. 15 (H. S. Robinson)

Comparanda

cf. MarangouLerat1995, p. 73, fig. 41, pl. VIII=PortaleRomeo2000, pp. 419, 420, fig. 2:22=RomeoPortale2001, p. 277, pl. XLIII:a, b

Comparanda

cf. MartyPeppers1979, pp. 96, 286-287, 434, no. I334, fig. 87:f (Tower 10/Loukos Field, Isthmia, 3rd century)

Contributor Notes

2026: JLR clarified description and identification in MorisonRife2022.

Description

Very small button toe. Ovoid to globular, vaguely saggy; dense, shallow ridging covers body.

Fabric, firing, surface

5YR 4/7, pale reddish yellow (darkened by conservation). Soft, somewhat fine; smooth break, with rather smooth surface. Rare, tiny calcareous flecks; very rare, small, elongated and irregular, pale yellow bits (limestone splinters?); rare, small, subrounded, dark gray rocky fragments; faint dusting of golden mica. Thin self-slip.

Preservation description

171 joining and nonjoining fragments preserve >50% of middle to lower body. Severe erosion, slight chipping, and slight to moderate gouging; slight, extensive encrustation.

Published as

MorisonRife2022, pp. 613-614, 733, no. 265, fig. 17.66

Estimated diameter upper bound

0.31

Preserved height

0.407

Chronology comment

3rd-4th century

Explanation of deposition

Burial container or funerary offering?

Material

Ceramic (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRC0806-006

Location in unit

In elliptical cutting over bedrock (Feature C2), with shoulder toward north, southwest of Building C1.

Drawing

Photograph