| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1961 508 | |
| Title: | MICACEOUS WATER JAR | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1961 | |
| Object Number: | 508 | |
| Description: | Jar with tubular foot, 0.014 m. high, grooved on resting surface, narrower stem to ovoid body, cylindrical neck and flat everted rim. Interior of foot deep and with small central nipple. Max. diam. is about 0.10 m. wide from midpoint of body so the profile is more cylindrical than Agora V, M45 or C-1985-144. Low offset on neck (not a ridge) just above handle attachment. One handle with two grooves on back, attached by splayed attachments at midneck and vertically to shoulder. | |
| Decoration: | Body wheel-ridged from shoulder to stem. | |
| Material: | Micaceous reddish brown fabric with occasional rounded sand grains. Surface fired black. | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 5YR 4/3 Surface: 7.5YR 2.5/1 - N3/ | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Numerous joining frgts., preserving nearly complete vessel. Partly RIP. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.470 D00.050 (foot) D00.197 (max) D00.044 (rim) | |
| Weight Description: | 1.64 | |
| Weight: | 1.64 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. A.C. | |
| Chronology: | First half or mid 2nd cent AC. Context 3rd or 4th cent. | |
| Area: | Roman Tombs southwest of Tile Works | |
| Context: | NB232 P124 | |
| Bibliography: | Slane 2017, Corinth 21, cat. CTS-47 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Roman Tombs southwest of Tile Works Image: bw 1998 011 32 Basket: NB232 P124 |
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