| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 1637 | |
| Title: | ROMAN RELIEF WARE BOWL | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 1637 | |
| Old Number: | MF-188 | |
| Description: | Flat base with shallow false ring foot, slightly incised, and two molded concentric circles, vertical body with lower moulding set by incised grooves above and below. | |
| Decoration: | Dull light orange glaze, slightly metallic in the hollows. At left, portion of Nemean lion on its hind legs, section of wall behind. Two cypress trees to right. On right, Herakles, holding a club, in combat with the Lernaean hydra. To his left, bow and quiver laid aside. More trees to the right. | |
| Mythology: | Labors of Herakles | |
| Material: | fine clay with small gray inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5 YR 7/6 (reddish yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. One fragment preserves portion of base, foot, and body. | |
| Manufacture: | C26 MW | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H: 0.061 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam.: 0.120 (base), Diam.: 0.090 (foot) | |
| Bibliography: | Spitzer, Hesperia 1942, no. I.4 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Notebook Page: NB 80, spread 17 (p. 22) |
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