| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1961 68 | |
| Title: | STAMPED CORINTHIAN B AMPHORA HANDLE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1961 | |
| Object Number: | 68 | |
| Description: | Oval, vertical amphora handle | |
| Writing: | stamp. Monogram of | |
| Material: | Coarse clay, reddish yellow (core) to brownish yellow (surface), with conchoidal breaks; frequent medium, angular, tabular gray, white, and red, and rare very large brown and gray sub-angular, spherical inclusions and few medium voids | |
| Munsell Color: | Core- 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow); Surface- 10YR 6/6 (brownish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving handle, broken off with part of the body at the bottom, and midway through the upper of two stamps | |
| Manufacture: | HW | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. of handle 0.050, Th. of handle 0.024 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.086, W. 0.064 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.143 | |
| Weight: | 0.143 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | Late 4th to early 3rd century B.C. See similar example in Kenchreai IV (Adamsheck, 1979), p. 34, no. GR 87, pl. 9, found in a context dated to the last 1/3 of the 4th century to the early 3rd century B.C. | |
| Area: | Forum | |
| Context: | NB229 B19 P190, LOT 0684 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum Image: bw 1961 035 06 Image: bw 1977 041 07a Basket: NB229 B19 P190 Notebook Page: NB 229, spread 100 (pp. 190 - 191) |
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