Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 2016 2 | |
Title: | CORINTHIAN A STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 2016 | |
Object Number: | 2 | |
Description: | Corinthian A amphora handle, oval in section and slightly pinched at top forming slight spine. See McPhee and Pemberton 2012, Corinth 7.6, pp.48-49. Similar to C-1971-604 (McPhee and Pemberton 2012, Corinth 7.6, cat. I-5). | |
Decoration: | Weak red surface color only on handle and at base of handle. | |
Writing: | stamp. Seven-petal palmette incuse stamp at base of handle. Similar to Koehler Type XV except here base of stamp not flat, petals narrower. | |
Material: | Very coarse weak red clay fired reddish gray at core with abundant large to very large gray, black, and white spherical angular inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 10R 5/2 (weak red); Core: 10R 5/1 (reddish gray) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Three joining frgts., preserving handle with one root; broken other end. | |
Weight Description: | 0.301 (before joins) | |
Weight: | 0.301 | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 2nd half of 4th c. B.C., based on comparanda in Corinth 7.6 | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | South Stoa, context 376 | |
South Stoa, context 346 | ||
South Stoa, context 376, LOT 2016 008 | ||
LOT 2016 008 | ||
LOT 2016 005 | ||
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Stoa Images (4) Basket: South Stoa, context 346 Basket: South Stoa, context 376 |