Vessel: Saranda Kolones Castle 2373/7

Context Information

Paphos, Saranda Kolones Castle

Fortified site/citadel

Cyprus/Western South Coast

Late Roman

Basket 2373/7

Vessel Details

Transport amphora

Drab brown non-micaceous fabric, fired buff on outer surface...numerous small lime-eruptions, some fine darker brown grits

Preserved height: 45 cm; body diameter: 30 cm; wall thickness: 1 cm

Multiple grooves (not 'stepped'), arranged unevenly (zone of regular grooving at edge of shoulder, on lower wall and at bottom, groups of 2-3 grooves on body)

Wheel made

Hard fired

Vessel Images  1


Transport amphora
Paphos
Late Roman

Break Photos  0

Thin Section Photos  0

Associated Ware/Ware Family/Style

4th - 8th centuries CE

Late Roman, Early Byzantine, Byzantine, Late Roman

Associated Petrofabric

Associated Kiln/Workshop