KTH2740 (Middle-Late Roman Eastern Aegean-Western Asia Minor Amphora) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
Typological identification
Beirut 2 Amphora
Typological identification comment
Agora M273/SCA family
Fabric, firing, surface
Brown fabric with a tinge of red; very surface fired more orange; slightly gritty, hard; smooth to slightly hackly break; sopay exterior texture; uncommon, small, subangular, lime chunks; rare, small gray particles (quartzitic?); small, angular black bits; and tiny red bits; common tiny bits of golden mica. Eastern Aegean/southwestern Asia Minor.
Label or tag text
KTH-2015-001 | Room 6
Preservation comment
One large sherd preserves 18% of the rim, a large part of the neck, and the upper attachment of one handle. Slight, sparse abrasion and minor chipping around edges; somewhat worn breaks; specks to small patches of encrustation.
Handle width
0.044
Estimated rim diameter
0.1
Wall thickness
0.009
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Drawing
Photograph