Storage data

Inventory Number: 2695

Collection Inventory Number: ICEM 2695

Town: Tulcea

Country: Romania

Location: ICEM Tulcea

Discovery data

Site: North of Dobrudja

Context of discovery: Passim

Country: Romania

Region: Tulcea

County: Tulcea

Type of discovery: Fortuitous

Amphora

Conservation: Fragmentary

Category: Container

Culture / Ethnicity: Greek

Origins

Origins: Known

Centers: Thasos

Analyses

Technical description

Height: 53 centimeters

Rim Diameter: 11.5 (exterior), 9.1 (interior) centimeters

Maximum Diameter: 24.5 centimeters

Handle Diameter: 3.5 x 2.9 centimeters

Material: clay

Description: Shape: ellipsoidal mouth, thick rim; section in angular form; the neck opens progressively towards the base; oblique shoulder; conical body. Clay: is fine, light pinkish buff, sandy (dioxide of silica: SiO2), gold mica and ceramic brick inclusions in composition. Decoration: band of red paint under the rim. Other particularities: one circular incision at the base of the neck.

Stamps, Dipinti, Graffiti

Stamps: Without stamp

Dipinti: With dipinti

DipintiPlace: On the neck

Dipinti Text: Greek Α

Graffiti: Without Graffiti

Chronology

Period Chronology: Classical

Bibliography

Record Data

Record Date: 2023-10-31 13:08:31

Record Modification Date: 2023-11-30 16:06:44

Record Creator: Vasilica Lungu, Radu Penea

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