Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1928 77 | |
Title: | LATE ROMAN C WARE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1928 | |
Object Number: | 77 | |
Description: | Rectangular body sherd of thin vessel (plate?), thumb indented on exterior so that the sherd is raised slightly in the center. | |
Decoration: | Stamped impression of cross-monogram with two pendants below arms and single outline of small rho. Pendants are circular and positioned in angles between the horizontal and vertical arms. Hayes (1972, p. 365) lists comparanda, including Athens Agora P 689 (double rho) | |
Material: | fine clay with few small black and gray inclusions | |
Munsell Color: | 10R 5/6 (red) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., from center of vessel, broken on all sides. Slip mostly well-preserved. | |
Manufacture: | C29 C50 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.072, W. 0.050 | |
Period: | Late Roman (5th -6th c AD) | |
Chronology: | Hayes Group III, late fifth-early sixth century AD | |
Area: | Justinian's Wall | |
Context: | Justinian's Wall, Trial trenches SW of aqueduct to E of city. Aqued | |
Bibliography: | Hayes LRP (1972), p. 364-5, Fig. 78j | |
Site: | Justinian's Wall | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Hayes, , Late Roman Pottery1972 Monument: Justinian's Wall Basket: Justinian's Wall, Trial trenches SW of aqueduct to E of city. Aqued Notebook Page: NB 97, spread 33 (p. 55) |