- KTH2476/2478 (Late Palestinian Globular Amphora) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Object
- In or from KTH Container
- KTH Container 59, bag 5
- Logical part of
- Threpsiades Inventoried Objects
- Typological identification
- Late Antique Palestinian Globular Amphora
- Cited by
- RifeBlasdel2026, pp. 190, 192, fig. 5:7
- Description
- Wide sloping shoulder and cylindrical neck. Horizontal loop handles, oval in section, ridged. Low, broad ridging on shoulder under lower handle attachment.
- Fabric, firing, surface
- Dull orange fabric; gritty, slightly sandy texture; abundant sand inclusions: rounded, rare, dark gray to black bits; rare, small calcareous bits; rare crumbly reddish brown bits (ferrous?); quartizite.
- Preservation description
- One shoulder preserves one handle and contiguous shoulder and neck. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and rare pitting; slightly worn breaks; rare specks to thin patches of encrustation.
- Handle width
- 0.043
- Estimated neck diameter
- 0.09
- Preserved height
- 0.083
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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