Corinth Object: C 2013 4
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2013 4
Title:   AFRICAN RED SLIP PLATE FORM 82
Category Code:   C
Year:   2013
Object Number:   4
Description:   Large plate with flaring ring foot, convex body, vertical rim, flat on inside, outward thickened with three grooves (Hayes 1972, Form 82 Type B 7, p. 129).
Decoration:   Red slip over all, with double dipping on interior and exterior over rim; double-dipping streaks on body. Double groove on interior body, halfway between base and rim, rouletting on exterior body.
Material:   Fine light red clay, with rare tabular rounded inclusions and rare voids
Munsell Color:   Clay: 2.5YR 6/8 (light red); Slip: 2.5YR 5/6 (red)
Condition:   Complete profile. Two joining fragments preserving 20% of rim and body, 10% of base. Red slip well-preserved.
Manufacture:   C49 WM
Dimensions Actual:   H. 0.045, Th. of body 0.007
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.175, W. 0.09
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of rim 0.39, Diam. of base 0.25
Weight Description:   0.198
Weight:   0.198
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   460-500+ (Hayes 1972, p. 131)
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0817
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080