Corinth Object: C 1995 35
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1995 35
Title:   INSCRIBED COOKING WARE LID POMMEL
Category Code:   C
Year:   1995
Object Number:   35
Description:   Conical lid with body tapering at ca. 30 degrees to solid pommel, consisting of stem, flattened top with rounded juncture between two. See C-1995-021 for similar example.
Writing:   inscribed. Inscribed on top in Greek to lt. and rt. of cross: Alpha Omega
Material:   Hard-fired cooking clay, fired gray-brown out, to red at core with frequent tiny voids, white inclusions from coarse sand to finer.
Munsell Color:   Core: yellower than 2.5YR 5.5/6 ; surface near 10YR 5/1
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., preserving upper half li, all pommel.
Dimensions Actual:   D00.051 (pommel)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.073
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Mid to 2nd half 6th c. A.C. context
Area:   Panayia Bath
Context:   NB878 P123
    NB878 B103 P123
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panayia Bath
Image: digital 2012 0890
Basket: NB878 B103 P123
Basket: NB878 P123
Notebook Page: NB 878, spread 67 (pp. 122 - 123)