Corinth Object: C 1937 2951
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 2951
Title:   TRANSPORT AMPHORA STAMPED HANDLE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   2951
Description:   Transport amphora with cylindrical neck, vertical strap handle extending horizontally from neck to turn downwards.
Writing:   stamp. Rectangular stamp on upper part handle: ZAK.. For similar stamp Cf. CP-XXXX-1815
Material:   Fine clay sandy to touch, fine black inclusions, slight mica, fired pale buff throughout.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (break) 2.5Y 8/2 (surface)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., part of neck, upper handle segment.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   W00.037 T00.020 (handle)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.048
Period:   Hellenistic
Chronology:   Context to early Roman
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB167 P442
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB167 P442
Notebook Page: NB 167, spread 63 (pp. 441 - 442)