Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 2006 36 | |
Title: | KNIDIAN STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 2006 | |
Object Number: | 36 | |
Description: | Transport amphora with vertical handle, oval in section. | |
Writing: | stamp. Rectangular stamp with rounded edges (L. 0.024, W. 0.015) on top of handle with boukranion at center. Boukranion similar to C-1982-41 (KT 1171) and CP 1783 (KT 1175). | |
Material: | Coarse reddish yellow clay fired dark grayish brown at core, with frequent, medium to very large, rounded black-brown, rare, medium, white, rare, medium, rounded, spherical, gold mica, and rare, medium, platy, rounded quartz inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Core: 10YR 4.2 (dark grayish brown) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving arch of handle, broken at one end, preserving part of body and entire outline of stamp. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | W. of handle 0.045, Th. of handle 0.024 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.099 | |
Weight Description: | 0.240 | |
Weight: | 0.240 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Area: | Panaghia north | |
Context: | NB980 B43 P99 | |
Provenance: | Knidos | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Panaghia north Image: bw 2008 074 25a Image: bw 2008 074 35a Basket: NB980 B43 P99 |