KTH1650 (Africana 2B-D Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
In or from KTH Container
KTH Container 31
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Africana 2B Grande Amphora
Typological identification
Africana 2C Grande Amphora
Typological identification
Africana 2D Grande Amphora
Typological identification comment
Africana 2B/2C/2D (3rd century)
Description
Loop handle, oval in section with wide grooves.
Fabric, firing, surface
Pale brick red; slighty coarse and gritty, hard, with granular break; frequent, well sorted quartzitic sand (pale and gray, opaque, rounded to subrounded particles); cream coating (1-2 mm) from saline wash. Linear smoothing marks on exterior. Tunisian.
Preservation description
One intact handle. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion; somewhat worn breaks; thin patches of encrustation.
Handle width
0.0427
Preserved height
0.0954
Preserved width
0.0713
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Photograph
Photograph