Corinth Object: C 2013 55
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2013 55
Title:   ATTIC RED SLIP IMITATION AFRICAN RED SLIP FORM 64/LATE ROMAN C FORM 1
Category Code:   C
Year:   2013
Object Number:   55
Description:   AfRS Form 64.2/LRC Form 1. Incurved rim, tapered, with convex rounding on exterior into vessel wall. Flared, straight wall.
Decoration:   Red slip overall. Faint horizontal groove on exterior at transition between rim and wall.
Material:   Hard, coarse light red clay with common black and red grit, exterior poorly adhered flakey red slip, conchoidal breaks
Munsell Color:   Core: 2.5YR 7/6 (light red), Slip: 2.5YR 5/6 (red)
Condition:   Fragment. 1 fragment. 10% of rim and upper wall of vessel. Highly corroded and worn surface, with slip flaking off
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.032, L. 0.094
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. rim 0.32
Weight Description:   0.041
Weight:   0.041
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   early-mid 5th cent? For the ware, LRP p. 408. Cf. Agora V pl. 70, P 12009. Form 64 dated early-mid 5th cent (LRP p. 111); LRC Form 1 similar (p. 327)
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008
Provenance:   Athens
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0813
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080