Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 3281 | |
Title: | LATE ROMAN TRANSPORT/STORAGE AMPHORA | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 3281 | |
Description: | Amphora with narrow pig toe, rounded bottom widening slightly to ovoid body, max. diam. below shoulder. Low sloping shoulder, conical neck tapering to straight flaring rim, flat lip. Small vertical handles, oval in section, attached to mid shoulder and neck. For type see C-1936-0795. | |
Decoration: | Broad band of wheel-riding on shoulder. | |
Material: | Fine reddish tan clay, fine black inclusions, occasional coarse cream. Hard-fired. Some voids. | |
Condition: | Missing parts. Numerous joining frgts., complete profile except tip of toe; roughly half amphora, 9/10 rim, one intact handle. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | ? | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.45 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | 6th c. A.C. | |
Area: | Early Excavations | |
Context: | Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown. Found in OM; given MK nu | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Early Excavations Basket: Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown. Found in OM; given MK nu |