Corinth Object: C 2013 53 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | C 2013 53 | | Title: | | LATE ROMAN ATTIC BASIN | | Category Code: | | C | | Year: | | 2013 | | Object Number: | | 53 | | Description: | | Basin (?) cf. Hayes AfRS Form 59B. Broad, flat, outward thickened rim. Quite heavy. Echinoid walls. | | Decoration: | | Red slip over interior and exterior rim and upper body. Rim: three combed grooves on upper surface, nearer to interior of vessel. Exterior: Wide (0.07) horizontal grooved band below rim. | | Material: | | Hard, coarse pink clay. Common large to extra large (over 0.002) inclusions in black, red, brown, and white, with platey voids. Darker slip, adhering well on interior and rim of vessel, exterior burnished under rim | | Munsell Color: | | Core: 5YR 7/4 (pink), Slip: 2.5YR 5/6 (red) | | Condition: | | Fragment. 2 fragments, joining, both rims with upper part of body curving toward base. 15% circumference preserved. Wear on slip, especially around rim. | | Manufacture: | | WM | | Dimensions Actual: | | Th. rim 0.018 | | Dimensions Preserved: | | L. 0.115, H. 0.036 | | Dimensions Restored: | | Diam. rim 0.30 | | Weight Description: | | 0.076 | | Weight: | | 0.076 | | Period: | | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | | Chronology: | | Early 5th cent? Form 59B dated 320-420 (LRP p.100); Cf. Agora V pl. 70 P 11186; Wohl notes a shallow grey ware bowl in a similar shape from Isthmia with early 5th cent date (1981 p. 122); also Corinth 18.2 no. 118 from Demeter, but this example much finer | | Area: | | Nezi Field | | Context: | | Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008 | | Provenance: | | Attic? (Suggested GDRS in pottery reading, but quite coarse and a bit lighter color than other LR Attic fine ware in inventory; more like painted ware cups, cf C-2013-54) | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece | | References: | | Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0814
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080
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