- KE 1534 (Late Roman Amphora 1 with Dipinto) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 411
- Typological identification
- Dipinto (pottery)
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 1
- Description
- Amphora. Straight upper body with dense ridging; rounded shoulder. Tall handle, angular oval in section, attaches at lower shoulder (and neck?). Red dipinto in one or two lines across shoulder alongside handle.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale red fabric; consistently fired. Hard, medium fine; granular break; gritty texture. Frequent, well sorted, tiny, black and white, rarely red, inclusions, mostly subrounded(?); rare, small, rounded voids; no visible mica.
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves part of upper body and shoulder with lower attachment of one handle. Very faint abrasion; worn breaks; uncommon, small, thick bits and patches of encrustation.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, pp. 117-118, no. RC 23i, pl. 32 (B. Adamsheck)
- Estimated diameter upper bound
- 0.245
- Preserved height
- 0.0709
- Wall thickness
- 0.0056
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Pagescan
- Photograph
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