- KTH0693 (Herakleia Pontike Amphora) [permalink] [next] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-10
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Unclassified Amphora
- Comparanda
- cf. Vnukov2020, p. 244, type S 3B, fig. 2.5 (Herakleia fabric B; 50 BCE-Augustan)
- Description
- Heavy amphora spike, tapering to finished small flat end. Fainting turning marks.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale red, fired slightly more yellow in areas; dense, hard, coarse fabric with smooth to vaguely conchoidal break; frequent, small to medium, subrounded to angular, dark (gray, red, brown, some possibly volcanic) chunks and some varied medium to small lighter inclusions; small flakes of golden mica..
- Preservation comment
- One large sherd preserves entire toe. Slight, sparse abrasion and gouging, minor chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; large, thin, irregular patches of encrustation.
- Maximum diameter
- 0.0849
- Preserved height
- 0.1066
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Fabric Munsell reading
- 2.5YR 7/6
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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“KTH0693 (Herakleia Pontike Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0693>
