Corinth Object: C 2002 43
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2002 43
Title:   CORINTHIAN B STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLE
Category Code:   C
Year:   2002
Object Number:   43
Description:   Corinthian B transport/storage amphora with low sloping shoulder, vertical handle, flattened oval in section, rising from shoulder.
Writing:   stamp. Stamp set at base of handle, OL
Material:   Fine buff clay with 3-5% fine black mudstone inclusions, 1% or less red, 2-3% fine rounded and tabular voids.
Munsell Color:   Slightly pinker than 10YR 7/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving base of handle, small part of shoulder.
Dimensions Actual:   W00.046 T00.028 (handle base)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.075
Weight Description:   00.110
Weight:   00.110
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 21
Image: bw 2003 012 31a
Basket: NB944 B76 P138
Notebook Page: NB 944, spread 74 (pp. 138 - 139)