KE 2250 (Kenchreai IV RC10 Amphora) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Writing transcription
ΚΙ
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 695
Typological identification
Graffito (pottery or lamp)
Typological identification
Kenchreai RC10 Amphora
Cited by
KenchreaiVI, pp. 7-8, n. 21-24 (W. O. Stern)
Conservation
1960s: mending with shellac and infilling with fine white plaster painted gray.
Description
Splattered blotches or orangish red and reddish gray across middle to upper body after firing: resin or pitch?
Preservation description
14 joining sherds preserves ca. 40% of middle to upper body with complete shoulder, neck and mouth, and both handles. Slight, sparse abrasion and incipient erosion with rare scoring and gouging; worn breaks; faint, sparse clouds of gray discoloration. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
Published as
KenchreaiIV, p. 113, no. RC 10d (B. Adamsheck)
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph
Photograph