Corinth Object: C 1936 780b | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | C 1936 780b | | Title: | | ITALIAN SIGILLATA CUP | | Category Code: | | C | | Year: | | 1936 | | Object Number: | | 780 | | Object Suffix: | | b | | Related Objects: | | C-1936-780A (joining, mend broken); C-1936-1591 possibly from same vessel | | Description: | | Italian sigillata cup Conspectus form 22 with flaring ring foot, concave flaring wall, carination to vertical rim with rounded molding at bottom and top. Small applied spiral on rim. Similar to C-1964-444 (Slane 1990, Corinth 18.2, cat. 77). | | Decoration: | | Red slip (2.5YR 4/8) on interior and exterior. Small applied spiral on rim. Wide groove above foot, wheel lines on body, groove on body below carination, wide groove under carination, rounded molding on bottom and top of rim. Very light groove on interior below rim. | | Material: | | Fine light reddish brown fabric. | | Munsell Color: | | 5YR 6/4 (light reddish brown) | | Condition: | | Fragment. Five joining frgts., preserving 1/2 rim. Slip in excellent condition. | | Period: | | 1 st c. A.C. | | Chronology: | | mid to third quarter 1st c. CE, based on comparanda in Corinth 18.2 | | Bibliography: | | Hayes 1972, Hesperia 42, cat. 72; cited in Slane 1990, Corinth 18.2, cat. 77 | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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