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- 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
- Typological identification comment
- Corinthian style?
- Description
- Vertical loop handle, circular in section.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Pale orange red, fired slightly more pale at very surface; very hard fired, coarse, with smooth to slight granular break and slightly rough surface texture; common, tiny to small, poorly sorted, mixed dark (red-brown, dark gray) and fewer white particles; rare, medium, subrounded, red (iron oxide?) chunks; rare, medium, angular, light gray chunks.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves segment from middle part of handle. Moderate, extensive abrasion and slight gouging; worn breaks; thin, discontinuous film of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.0298
- Preserved height
- 0.0814
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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“KTH0695 (Classical-Hellenistic Amphora).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2025. <http://kenchreai.org/kth/kth0695>
