Corinth Object: HE 14a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   HE 14a
Title:   LATE ROMAN AMPHORA 2
Category:   Miscellaneous
Category Code:   HE
Object Number:   14
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   HE-14b, HE-14c
Description:   Transport amphora with a tall ovoid body. Shape similar to Hjohlman 2002, pp. 17-8, 149, nos. 38 and 39.
Decoration:   Wavy combing on lower part of shoulder. Similar to Hjohlman 2002, pp. 17-8, 149, nos. 38 and 39
Material:   Medium coarse clay with frequent fine silver sparkling inclusions, few small to large subrounded spherical and tabular white and yellow inclusions, and few small to large voids
Munsell Color:   Core: 5YR 6/6 (reddish yellow); Surface: 7.5YR 7/4-6 (pink to reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Five joining frgts preserve small part of shoulder. Surface worn.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.04, L. 0.102 (max.)
Weight Description:   0.03
Weight:   0.03
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Provenance:   Argolid
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece