| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2015 1 | |
| Title: | STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLE: ZAKYNTHIAN | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2015 | |
| Object Number: | 1 | |
| Description: | Vertical handle of transport amphora; handle oval in section; rectangular stamp on upper part of handle (L. 0.041, W. 0.014) with legible 5-letter inscription with ligature, similar to CP-1815 and C-1937-2951. | |
| Writing: | stamp. Horizontal inscription stamped on handle vertically, read from top to bottom, left to right, in Greek: ZAKYN. A and K ligature. | |
| Material: | Coarse very pale brown clay with spherical rounded and spherical tabular voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | Surface: 10YR 8/4 (very pale brown); Core: 7.5YR 7/3 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., broken at both ends, minor chip along edge of stamp and along breaks at top and bottom of handle. | |
| Manufacture: | C29 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. 0.033, Th. 0.022 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.088 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.090 | |
| Weight: | 0.090 | |
| Period: | Hellenistic | |
| Chronology: | based on comparanda | |
| Area: | Temple E, Southeast | |
| Context: | Temple E, Southeast, context 726, LOT 2015 004 | |
| Findspot Description: | In pit 733/717/726/747, which is dated to the late 13th century BC. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Temple E, Southeast Image: digital 2015 3334 Image: digital 2015 3335 Basket: Temple E, Southeast, context 726 |
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