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
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.
Chronology comment
3rd century CE
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph