Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 2007 31 | |
Title: | PIGGY BANK | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 2007 | |
Object Number: | 31 | |
Description: | Piggy bank with melon/egg-shaped body, no clear base, two halves joined at point of maximum diameter, thickness of body uniform throughout with slight thickening at join, pronounced wheel-ridges at both ends, similar to C-1962-234. | |
Material: | Coarse light red clay fired yellow at core, frequent medium to large white lime?, red and black sub-rounded spherical, few fine sparkling inclusions, and platy sub-rounded voids. | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 2.5YR 6/8 (light red), Core: 10YR 7/6 (yellow), Slip: 2.5YR 7/8 (light red) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Nineteen joining frgts., preserving three-quarters of body, surface chipped and scratched, missing slit for coins. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | L. 0.199, max. Diam. 0.157 | |
Weight Description: | 0.833 | |
Weight: | 0.833 | |
Period: | 4th c. A.C. | |
Chronology: | Coin 2007 396 (Valentinian I or Valens 367-375 AD) gives a terminus ante quem for manufacture of vessel. | |
Area: | Nezi Field | |
Context: | Nezi Field, context 5123 | |
Nezi Field, context 5114 | ||
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Most of vessel comes from B 5123, except for seven frgts from B 5114. Top el. of vessel 85.73, bottom el. 85.64. Coin 2007 396 was found when sieving the soil contained in vessel. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Nezi Field Image: bw 2007 021 22 Basket: Nezi Field, context 5114 Basket: Nezi Field, context 5123 |