Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 2013 14 | |
Title: | LATE CLASSICAL CHYTRA | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 2013 | |
Object Number: | 14 | |
Description: | Chytra with spherical body, conical neck, flaring rim, rounded lip. Vertical strap handle attached on lip and upper body. *Full restoration pending resin analysis | |
Decoration: | Parallel vertical burnishing lines on neck reaching upper part of body. *Full restoration/cleaning pending resin analysis | |
Material: | Reddish yellow clay. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 6/6-6/8 (reddish yellow ) | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Five joining fragments provide profile; 37 fragments total (stored on eastern row of shelves in workroom along with other samples) preserve most of rim, neck, handle, parts of body. Mottled surfaces. Evidence for burning at neck and base. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | Diam. of rim 0.115 m; *Full restoration/cleaning pending resin analysis | |
Dimensions Restored: | *Full restoration/cleaning pending resin analysis | |
Weight Description: | *Full restoration/cleaning pending resin analysis | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | mid 4th c. BC, on basis of comparison with Cor. VII, III-59 (Lot 7079:308); III-33. Identified and dated by Sarah James. | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 1217 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: digital 2013 0824 Basket: Nezi Field, context 1217 |