| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1947 355 | |
| Title: | MORTARIUM | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1947 | |
| Object Number: | 355 | |
| Description: | Very concave undersurface; rounded foot, convex wall, flaring rim, and well articulated, rounded lip. The interior is very ptted and worn, with the grit mostly worn away and many of the inclusions grounded out. The center thickness is only 0.006 m. Surface is also burnt. | |
| Decoration: | Slipped on exterior and upper interior wall. | |
| Material: | Small gray, a few red, and many white stone inclusions; the grit was probably mostly gray. Very gritty surface. | |
| Munsell Color: | Core 5YR 7/4; surface variegated 10YR 8/2-7/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment preserves full profile but no handles or spout. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Chronology: | To 146, with Roman fill above. | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth VII.3, p. 111, n0. 13; Villing & Pemberton 2010, Hesperia 79.4, cat. 65 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Notebook Page: NB 195, spread 51 (pp. 91 - 92) |
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