Amphora

Object Number

SMP18082

Name

Amphora

Description

Two formerly glued fragments of transport amphora. Semi-coarse fabric. wheel-made. Surface smoothened outside

concentric circles/horizontal ridges inside. Rounded rim

partly preserved

peaked handle (same height as rim)

broken off at bottom

handle section bifid

neck slightly tapering upwards (wider at top)

pronounced edge between neck and body (seem to have been formed separately: bulge inside). Same type as SMP18081 (probably Koan).

Specimen Count

2

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1958

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

SMP19068

44

EMu IRN

164391