KE 2238 (Early Roman Phoenician Amphora) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 682
Typological identification
Phoenician Amphora
Comparanda
cf. Wicenciak2016, pp. 81, 224-225, 302, no. 256, pls. 51, 95 (Table Amphora Type 2; Porphyreon [mod. Jiyeh], Lebanon)
Comparanda
sim. Berlin1997, pp. 158-159, no. PW 502, pl. 61 (‟Ridged Neck Jar”; Tel Anafa)
Conservation
1960s: sherds mended with shellac and infilled with fine white plaster painted gray.
Contributor Notes
2024 (August): JLR identified in consultation with Paul Reynolds.
Description
Amphora with short tapering neck, thickened rounded rim, small oval-section handles, and ridging on extant body. Wide groove on neck below rim. Handles extend from neck to body. Very thin walls.
Preservation description
Eleven joining sherds preserve entire rim, most of neck, one entire handle and part of a second, and most of shoulder with adjacent upper wall. Slight, extensive abrasion and minor chipping around edges; worn breaks.
Handle width
0.016
Rim diameter
0.098
Wall thickness
0.035
Chronology comment
1st century CE
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph