| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2011 16 | |
| Title: | MISFIRED BYZANTINE AMPHORA WITH HIGH-SWUNG HANDLES | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2011 | |
| Object Number: | 16 | |
| Description: | Storage and/or transport amphora with curving shoulder, very short conical neck, flaring rim, bevelled in lip; vertical spined high-swung handles attached on lip and rim and on shoulder. | |
| Material: | Coarse pale yellow clay with frequent medium to v. large black and white inclusions, and voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 5Y 8/4 (pale yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Numerous joining frgts preserve 90% rim, 80% shoulder, both handles. Fabric brittle and crumbling from overfiring. RIP. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | Diam. of rim 0.055 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. to rim 0.068, H. to handle 0.098 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.280 (without plaster) | |
| Weight: | 0.280 | |
| Area: | Theater | |
| Context: | Theater, context 1021, LOT 2011 018 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Theater |
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