Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1935 987 | |
Title: | CORINTHIAN TYPE A TRANSPORT AMPHORA WITH GRAFFITO | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1935 | |
Object Number: | 987 | |
Description: | Type A prime transport amphora with deep rounded body and rounded shoulder, short cylindrical neck, broad overhanging rim, undercut, outer face in two degrees: lower vertical edge, upper part tapering to vertical lip. 2 vertical handles round in section, wider at tip than bottom, set glose to base of neck on shoulder and top of neck. Rim rest on handle. | |
Writing: | graffito. Graffito on shoulder to lt. of center: Phi | |
Material: | Coarse well-fired clay with numerous fine to coarser gray-black inclusions, fired pinkish-buff. | |
Munsell Color: | 10YR 8/2.5 to paler than 7/5YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Many joining frgts. upper half body to rim, handles. Missing ca. half neck, rim, one upper handle attachment. | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.119 (mid neck) H00.155 (neck) D00.027 (handle base) D00.035 (handle top) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.437 | |
Area: | Forum west | |
Context: | Forum west, Mr. Stillwell's Well prob. Beneath West Shop Ste | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum west Basket: Forum west, Mr. Stillwell's Well prob. Beneath West Shop Ste |