- KE 531 (Roman Amphora with Dipinto) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 214
- Typological identification
- Dipinto (pottery)
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Description
- Amphora. Straight wall; heavy wheel ridging on interior. Faint black dipinto.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Buff fabric, consistently fired. Hard; smooth break; fine. Rare, small, rounded, white (calcareous) and very rare black inclusions. Thin, matte, semimatte slip on interior and exterior: dark brown; slightly flakey.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves small part of upper body or shoulder. Moderate, extensive abrasion with scoring and scraping; worn breaks; extensive, thin film of encruataton and large patch or orange discoloration on exterior.
- Preserved length
- 0.0595
- Preserved width
- 0.0589
- Wall thickness
- 0.0093
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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