Corinth Object: C 2013 14
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