Corinth Object: C 1973 440
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1973 440
Title:   COOKING WARE LID
Category Code:   C
Year:   1973
Object Number:   440
Description:   Lid with round lip, making sharp edge on interior, rising at ca. 30 degree angle toward missing handle. Lid fits Thymiaterion C-1973-251.
Note: possibly from NB587 P112 B94, 183.69 to 183.30, top layer of construction fill and directly under black packing.
Material:   Corinthian cooking fabric: mostly red in section but gray on one side; surfaces are darker. Moderate, subrounded to rounded inclusions of angular powdery yellow and more rounded, white (chert or quartz) grains,and irregular hard dark red pebbles.
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 4/8
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining fragments, ¼ circumference from lip to upper body.
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.004-0.0058
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.033, W. 0.072, L. 0.183
Dimensions Restored:   D. 0.26
Period:   1 st c. A.C.
Chronology:   1st century A.D. Context 6th c. A.D.
Area:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Context:   NB587 B94 P112
    NB587 B94 P112, LOT 1973 096
    LOT 1973 100
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Acrocorinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Image: digital 2022 0040