Corinth Object: C 1931 447
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1931 447
Title:   MORTAR: RIM WITH DIPINTO
Category Code:   C
Year:   1931
Object Number:   447
Description:   Mortar with shallow bowl with wide flaring profile, thick downturned rim with sharp lip at top and bottom. On floor grits to ca. 0.032 (not true) below lip.
Writing:   dipinto. Dipinto in matt black on exterior of rim, Greek: AISKLAP[
Material:   Moderately coarse orange clay with scattered brown inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/7
5YR 6/7
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., upper body to rim, edge of spout at right break. Ca. 1/6 circumference.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.056 (true)
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of lip 0.290-0.300
Period:   4th c. B.C.
Chronology:   Context ca. 425 to last quarter 4th c. BC.
Area:   Asklepieion
Context:   NB122 P174
Provenance:   Corinth
Findspot Description:   Asklepieion
Bibliography:   Hesperia 2010, cat. 47, p. 589; Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 65, p. 135
Site:   Asklepeion
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Roebuck, Corinth 14, 1951
Monument: Asklepieion
Image: bw 2006 004 06a
Basket: NB122 P174