Corinth Object: C 2013 59
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2013 59
Title:   BOIOTIAN RED SLIP JUG
Category Code:   C
Year:   2013
Object Number:   59
Description:   Jug. Outward thickened vertical rim, higher on exterior, squared. Tall slightly flaring neck, widening to rounded shoulder. Shoulder then turns inward to body, probably creating an ovoid shaped vessel.
Decoration:   Variegated exterior red slip darker and redder, continuing on interior rim only with drip mark.
Material:   Medium hard reddish yellow clay, few black, red, white, and sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Core: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Slip: 2.5YR 6/6 to 5/6 (light red to red)
Condition:   Fragment. 5 fragments, joining. 50% of rim and neck, 25% upper body.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.105
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. rim 0.086
Weight Description:   0.063
Weight:   0.063
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Cf. Agora XXXII no. 1472 for a gouged jug in Boiotian Red Slip; cf. Corinth C-1982-261 for shape (context 7th century)
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008
Provenance:   Boiotia
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0815
Image: digital 2013 1194
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080