KE 2405 (Kenchreai IV RC10 Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Comment
Previously uninventoried RC10 amphora found in storage and inventoried in 2015.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 796
Typological identification
Kenchreai RC10 Amphora
Conservation
1960s: mending with shellac and infilling with fine white plaster painted gray.
Preservation description
24 joining sherds preserve ca. 55% of body and shoulder to lower neck and lowermost handle attachments. Slight, somewhat sparse abrasion with slight erosion and moderate pitting and gouging; worn breaks; scattered clouds and patches of gray discoloration. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
Body diameter
0.285
Preserved height
0.246
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph
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