Corinth Object: C 2006 36
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