| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2002 23 | |
| Title: | CORINTHIAN B STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2002 | |
| Object Number: | 23 | |
| Description: | Transport/storage amphora with steeply sloping shoulder, vertical strap handle, flattened oval in section, rising vertically from shoulder. | |
| Writing: | stamp. Square stamp set at base of handle on diagonal: somewhat illegible: either | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay with 3% fine voids, 1% fine sparkling and angular red inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Pinker than 10YR 8/4 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of shoulder and lower third of handle. Large chip from lt. side of handle. Stamp complete. Cleaned with acid. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W00.038 T00.02 (handle) | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H00.088 | |
| Weight Description: | 00.084 | |
| Weight: | 00.084 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. or later | |
| Area: | Panayia | |
| Context: | NB944 B76 P138, LOT 2002 035 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panayia Image: bw 2002 036 23 Image: bw 2003 012 26a Basket: NB944 B76 P138 Notebook Page: NB 944, spread 74 (pp. 138 - 139) |
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