Small Amphora

Item

Title
Small Amphora
Inventory Number
A0133
Date Acquired
1988
Source
Rex Toomey Gift
Provenance
Turkey
Description
Depressed globular body on low offset base, slightly concave on underside, w low concave neck w thickened rim; handle stumps just above max D & at base of neck. Two incised rings below rim on ext.
State of Preservation
Both handles broken off & large chip removing ca 1/3 of neck & rim; surface badly pitted, probably from exposure to moisture, one large patch of surface of body split away. Sporadic white incrustation.
Height
12.6 cm
Max Diameter
9.3 cm
Rim Diameter
4.91 cm
Base Diameter
4.5 cm
Color
Clay body 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow).
Type
vessel
Material
fired clay