Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 2013 3 | |
Title: | AFRICAN RED SLIP BOWL FORM 91.B | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 2013 | |
Object Number: | 3 | |
Description: | African Red Slip flanged bowl Form 91B. Hemispherical body, wide downturned flange with convex top, gently bevelled edge, and concave underside, rolled rim. | |
Material: | Fine light red clay with very few small white and sparkling inclusions and very few small voids; slip covers interior of vessel, top and lip of rim, exterior of vessel unslipped. Granular breaks. | |
Munsell Color: | Clay: 2.5YR 6/8 (light red), Slip: 2.5YR 5/8 (red) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment of rim. Slip flaking off on interior. Some pitting on exterior. | |
Manufacture: | C49 WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | Th. of body 0.06 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.82, H. 0.21 | |
Dimensions Restored: | Diam.of rim 0.24 | |
Weight Description: | 0.046 | |
Weight: | 0.046 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | LRP date c.450-530, with earliest Agora piece from 460-475 deposit (Agora XXXII no. 1140, P 27599), but "becomes common in the Agora only in the sixth century" (LRP p. 144); all example pieces are from Egypt, Antioch (in 526 earthquake deposit) | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2013 0806 Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080 |