Ke 3247 (Middle Roman Knidian Amphora) [ permalink ]
Type
Inventoried Object
Comment
Number newly assigned in May 2026 to nearly intact amphora without context in Floor box on Shelf Ke 8-1.
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
P 1098
Typological identification
Knidian Amphora
Typological identification comment
Typical Pompeii 38.
Comparanda
cf. Alpozen1975 , p. 10, pl. 5, fig. 6 (Bodrum Museum)
Comparanda
cf. AlpozenBerkayaOzdas1995 , p. 91, inv. no. 10.1.95 (Bodrum Museum)
Comparanda
cf. Senol2018 , pp. 406-407, nos. 339, 340 (Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria)
Label or tag text
Παρθ[ ] | ‘O κάτωθι ὑπογεγραμμένοι ἐργ[άτες] | Τειγονίας Παναγιώτης ὑπολιζ(?) [ ] | Ιωάννης Πέρρας φύλαξ Ἀρχαιολογικοῦ [Μουσείου] Ἰσθμίας | ὁ μεν πρώτος παρέδοσε ὁ δε [δεύτερος] ἔλαβον | ἐνα ὀξυπύθμενον ἀμφορέα [ ] | [ ] τὴν ἀποθήκην ο[.]ζο(?) [ ] | [ ] περιοχήν τοῦ Σαρωνικοῦ [κόλπου σήμερον] τὴν 5/12/[.] | ὁ παραλαβών | [ ]
Preservation description
Intact but missing tip of spike and rim. Surface in good condition but disintegration across surface; traces of vermetid casings and marine encrustation. Apparently from submerged marine context but in unusually good condition.
Base Height
0.071
Neck diameter
0.07
Preserved height
0.537
Chronology comment
3rd century CE
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph