Corinth Object: C 1997 57
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1997 57
Title:   LATE ROMAN AMPHORA 2 WITH DIPINTO, NECK AND SHOULDER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1997
Object Number:   57
Related Objects:   2 20 joining frgts., neck, shoulder, one handle; About 30 non-joining frgts. from same baskets + B048 B059, L1996-044, most burned. In lot 1997-057
Decoration:   02 Dipinto in red in three lines on shoulder:
Writing:   Amphora with ovoid body (missing), rounded shoulder curving up to tapering neck and bulbous mouth (missing). Vertical handles, oval in section, attached at top of neck and mid-shoulder. Cf. Agora V P4129, pl. 40, Benghazi, LR Amphora 2 (same fabric), not
Material:   D00.077 (neck)
Munsell Color:   Light red clay with moderate, poorly sorted marl inclusions, voids, a little well-rounded quartz sand; interior micaceous. Exterior surface fired pink and white.
Condition:   Missing parts. 0 05 1997 02 06 1997
Manufacture:   Combinb begins below lower handle attachment, is slightly wavy just above belly only.
Dimensions Actual:   H00.17
Dimensions Preserved:   0.60 (this) 1.31 (all)
Area:   Panaghia Villa
Context:   NB892 B65 P80
    NB892 B68 P83
Provenance:   2.5YR 6/6 7.5YR 7/4 10YR 8/3
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia Villa
Image: bw 1998 011 18
Image: digital 2012 0898
Image: digital 2012 0899
Basket: NB892 B65 P80
Basket: NB892 B68 P83
Notebook Page: NB 892, spread 45 (p. 81)
Notebook Page: NB 892, spread 46 (p. 83)