Corinth Object: C 1927 74
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1927 74
Title:   ROMAN RED SLIPPED PATERA HANDLE, LOCAL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1927
Object Number:   74
Description:   Horizontal handle of patera with concave sides, round tip. Tip pierced by hole D00.01.
Decoration:   Relief decoration on upper surface, back plain. Top: 3 concentric rings surrounding hole; on main part of handle krater in low relief, base toward tip of handle, above which falling water ? Krater surrounded by raised band with incised hatching. Red slip over all.
Material:   Fine light reddish tan clay with rare fine voids, sparkling inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Clay: slightly redder than 7.5YR 6/5 Slip: 2.5YR 4/8
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., ca. complete handle; slip worn.
Manufacture:   C36
Dimensions Actual:   W00.032 (tip of handle)
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.077
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   Middle Roman
Area:   Odeion
Context:   NB92 P97
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Odeion
Image: bw 1999 023 14
Basket: NB92 P97
Notebook Page: NB 92, spread 51 (pp. 47 - 48)