- KTH1093 (Egyptian Late Roman Amphora 5) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- http://kenchreai.org/kaa/kth/kth-container-22
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 5
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale brown with a tinge of red, fired slightly more gray at core in thickened wall. Hard, coarse; vaguely hackly break. Uncommon, small, irregular, white to yellow inclusions or very rare, lareg, subrounded, white-yellow chunks; faint micaceous sparkles; rare to uncommon, tiny, elongated and irregular, brown to black bits (organic) and elongated voids (vegetal matter burned out); rare, small, subangular, gray splinters spalling. Nile delta. Drips and smears of piutche(?) around lip from use.
- Preservation comment
- One sherd preserves 20% of rim down to articulation with shoulder. Slight, sparse abrasion and scraping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; scattered spicules of encrustation.
- Preserved height
- 0.0591
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.095
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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