Corinth Object: C 1940 669
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1940 669
Title:   MORTAR TYPE 1
Category Code:   C
Year:   1940
Object Number:   669
Description:   Mortar with straight flaring body, thickening and flaring outside and in to concave rim with vertical lip. Spool handle on rim.
Material:   Fairly coarse buff with moderate amount of small to large dark red and gray inclusions. Abundant grits on interior surface. Fine buff slip, slightly paler.
Munsell Color:   7.5YR 7/4.5
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving rim and upper body, Handle.
Manufacture:   MW
Dimensions Preserved:   MPD00.123 H00.049
Period:   5th c. B.C.
Area:   Tile Works
Context:   NB189 P304
Provenance:   Corinth
Bibliography:   Villing & Pemberton 2010, Hesperia 79.4, cat. 43
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Tile Works
Basket: NB189 P304
Notebook Page: NB 189, spread 58 (pp. 304 - 305)