Small shouldered amphora
- Accession Number
- EC314
Licensing details
- Description
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This is a small shouldered amphora. It has a direct rim and three lug handles. There are consistent even circular scrapes across the entirety of the vessel, supporting it is wheelspun. There are consistent specks of limedust throughout the material, suggesting it is Marl clay. There are some impurities across tge surface, most likely caused by the natural environment of the workshop of production. It appears to have been unevenly fired, with some irregularities in colour on one side of the vessel, having a redder shade to sections of it. There is also an indication of 'bad' firing; one of the lug handles is almost entirely black. There are vertical strokes of a lighter material, most likely the finish, made with some form of stone to add decoration. There is a chip missing from the rim. At the bottom of the vessel is a rectangular label with 'EC314' written on it. There is also a notation reading as '53 Egypt' assumed to be in ink.