KP387 (Late Roman Amphora 2) [permalink]

Type

Inventoried Object

Logical part of

Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila

Typological identification

Late Roman Amphora 2

Comparanda

cf. AgoraV, p. 109, no. M 272, pl. 29 (H. S. Robinson)

Comparanda

cf. Marty1993, pp. 128–129, n. 59, no. IPR 77-19, fig. 11 (Room IX, Roman Bath, Isthmia, ca. 400 CE)

Comparanda

cf. WilliamsZervos1983, p. 26, no. 72, pl. 10=SlaneSanders2005, pp. 252, 255, no. 1-23, fig. 3 (east of Theater, Corinth, context: first half 5th century)

Contributor Notes

JLR (2005) slightly revised MorisonRife2022.

Description

Cylindrical neck. Funnel-shaped rim offset by small groove; rounded, inward-thickened lip.

Fabric, firing, surface

7.5 YR 8/4, pink. Hard, smooth breaking, fine fabric with sparse golden mica flecks and common, poorly sorted, small to rarely medium, subangular to subrounded, lime chunks, many exploding at surface. Southern Argolid fabric.

Preservation description

One fragment preserves 33% of upper neck and rim. Slight, extensive encrustation.

Published as

MorisonRife2022, pp. 612, 730-731, no. 260, fig. 17.64

Preserved height

0.067

Preserved width

0.092

Estimated rim diameter

0.14

Chronology comment

Dated 4th-5th century.

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Drawing

Photograph