KE 1151D (Kenchreai RC22 Amphora with dipinto) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 298D
Typological identification
Dipinto (pottery)
Typological identification
Kenchreai RC22 Amphora
Description
Wide, low sloping shoulder with faint ridging. Dipinto in red ink in two uncertain lines. Line 1: only lower part of one thin, long, vertical stroke. Line 2: simple design in thick red outline: bird facing right? horizontal bar of cross with flaring end?
Fabric, firing, surface
Reddish yellow with a tinge of orange, pale brown exterior surface; consistently fired. Fine, slightly hard; hackly break and slightly gritty texture. Rare, tiny to small, various dark bits and rarely white; densely silvery micaceous in breaks and on surface. Small blobs of excess clay on exterior.
Preservation description
One sherd preserves small part of shoulder with dipinto. Slight, sparse abrasion with rare chipping; worn breaks; occasional, thick patches of encrustation and wide, faint patches of white discoloration (calcareous?).
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 117, no. RC 22l, pl. 30 (B. Adamsheck)
Preserved length
0.1277
Preserved width
0.0788
Wall thickness
0.0061
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph