Corinth Object: C 2000 3
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2000 3
Title:   LOCAL COOKING FABRIC CASSEROLE
Category Code:   C
Year:   2000
Object Number:   3
Description:   Local casserole with round (?) bottom and angular carination between bottom and vertical body. Shallow concavity offsets everted rim with pointed lip, which is flanged in the interior for a lid. Horizontal lug handle, triangular in section, attached to underside of rim. For similar shape, see C-1988-119.
Decoration:   A single circumference groove halfway up the outside wall.
Material:   Hard pinkish-red cooking frabric with 10% fine to small angular gray to white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Between 2.5YR 5/6 and 5YR 5/6
Condition:   Complete profile. Complete profile, missing center of bottom; 1/4 circumference. Burning on bottom, sides. Non-joining fragment left in basket.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.081
Dimensions Restored:   D00.235-00.24 (rim)
Weight Description:   0.185
Weight:   0.185
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   3rd AC, context 6th C AC.
Area:   Panaghia west
Context:   NB927 B21 P52
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia west
Image: bw 2000 026 23
Basket: NB927 B21 P52
Notebook Page: NB 927, spread 31 (pp. 52 - 53)