KP369 (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. KP122

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. Cf. KP122 and KP124.

Preservation description

One large fragment preserves ca. 33% of upper handle. Slight, extensive abrasion; worn breaks; slight, extensive encrustation.

Published as

Bravo2022, pp. 570, 581, 582, no. 18, fig. 16.4

Estimated neck diameter

0.1

Preserved length

0.112

Preserved width

0.053

Chronology comment

ca. 167–146 BCE

Explanation of deposition

Residual in colluvium.

Belongs to Historical Period

Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)

Material

Ceramic (Material)

In Excavated Unit

Locus TRA0902-017

Location in unit

Low level around rubble in southwest trench.

Drawing

Drawing

Photograph