- KTH2692 (Late Roman Amphora 5 with painted decoration) [permalink] [next]
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 107
- Comment
- KTHPUBCAT
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Roman Amphora 5
- Description
- Convex body. Painted design of thick spiral touching vertical line. Turning ridges.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Reddish brown to orange fabric, slightly granular, with frequent varied tiny sandy inclusions, occasional round lime and angular quartz. Consistently fired to slightly darker red at surface. Thin, somewhat even, matte paint is yellowish white. Northern Palestinian.
- Preservation comment
- One small body sherd. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and chipping around edges; worn breaks; sparse specks to patches of encrustation.
- Maximum preserved dimension
- 0.069
- Wall thickness
- 0.0076
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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