- KTH1108 (Early-Middle Roman Southern Gaulish Amphora) [permalink] [next]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 22
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Gauloise 4 Amphora
- Typological identification comment
- In family of Gauloise 4
- Description
- Sloping shoulder. Loop handle, curving up and in; oval in section, with broad groove.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Pale cream with a tinge of pink, fired slightly lighter at very surface. Hard, fine; smooth break. Few well sorted, very small to small inclusions: rare, small lime chunks; very rare, angular(?) dark (gray?) bits; rare sparkling bits (quartzitic and micaceous?).
- Preservation description
- One large sherd preserves upper part of one handle and small part of adjacent neck. Slight, sparse to uncommon abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; small patches of irregular encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.0578
- Preserved height
- 0.0682
- Preserved width
- 0.0936
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Photograph
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- Photograph
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