Amphora

Title: Amphora
Inventory Number: A0412
Date Acquired: 1988
Source: Rex Toomey Gift
Provenance: Turkey
Description: Inverted piriform body, horizontally ridged on shoulder, on low offset base, shallowly concave below; tall, slender concave neck w lightly ribbed vertical lip; thick strap handles w central depression fr max D to top of neck.
State of Preservation: Probably a sea find: much incrustation and considerable portion of surface split away. Edges of lip & base chipped.
Height: 31.4 cm
Max Diameter: 17.6 cm
Rim Diameter: 5.65 cm
Base Diameter: 7.65 cm
Width: 18.4 cm
Color: Clay body c 5YR 5/8 (yellowish red); incrustation 10YR 8/3 (yellowish brown).
Type: vessel
Material: fired clay