KP225a (Forlimpopoli C/E amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Forlimpopoli Amphora
Comparanda
sim. Slane2008a, pp. 237-239, table 1, fig. 1 (fabric of KP225 seems to share qualities with Slane’s “normal Adriatic” fabric; east of Theater, Corinth, mid-2nd century-ca. 275 CE).
Description
Rounded shoulders. Narrow, cylindrical, tapering neck. Flaring rim with thickened, beveled lip. Oval, spined handles attach to shoulder and upper neck.
Fabric, firing, surface
Fabric: 5YR 6/6, reddish yellow; (exterior surface): 7.5YR 7/4, pink. Somewhat soft, smooth, very fine fabric with common mica and rare, small, subrounded to angular, white inclusions. Northeastern Italian/Upper Adriatic.
Preservation description
Three joining fragments preserve large part of one shoulder, entire neck and rim, one entire handle, and one upper handle. Slight chipping; slight to moderate, extensive encrustation.
Published as
MorisonRife2022, pp. 613, 731, 732, no. 262, fig. 17.65
Preserved height
0.197
Preserved width
0.242
Rim diameter
0.089
Chronology comment
2nd century
Explanation of deposition
In mass of Roman sherds and other debris against upper/west face of Wall A1, where they accumulated with downslope movement and/or with disposal by users of adjacent passageway.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
In Excavated Unit
Locus TRA0804-007
Location in unit
Along upper/west face of Wall A1.
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph