Corinth Object: C 2000 17
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2000 17
Title:   GAZA AMPHORA WITH DIPINTO
Category Code:   C
Year:   2000
Object Number:   17
Description:   Section of lowr body of torpedo-shaped amphora. Body is chipped along mid-point (?) to convert pot into open container; broken at bottom of wheel-ridged zone of which only small part of two ridges now preserved.
Writing:   dipinto. Below wheel-ridging, red dipinto in two lines, greek: NIKO WS XU
Material:   Light brown clay; gray and white sandy inclusions to 6mm; many very fine dark gray specks, voids.
Munsell Color:   Close to 5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Wall fragment mended from 17 pieces; bottom 0.09 m. fired-scarred from later use.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.292 W00.245
Weight Description:   1.314
Weight:   1.314
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   1? 72? Middle to late Roman
Area:   Theater
Context:   NB751A
Provenance:   Gaza
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Theater