| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 1644 | |
| Title: | ROMAN RELIEF BOWL | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 1644 | |
| Old Number: | formerly MF 195D | |
| Description: | Bowl with base curving downward slightly (foot not preserved). Body is vertical, with moulding below rim and above base. Rim is squared. Interior curves outward slightly and tapers into base. | |
| Decoration: | Thin reddish-black glaze. Moulding below rim consists of two grooves. Moulding above base has two shallower grooves. Two scenes, divided by a tree: on left, female figure with thyrsos walks to the left while a male figure (satyr?), nude except for belt, moves to the right with arm upraised. On right, male figure walking to the right with basket (of fruit?) on head, object (thyrsos?) in right hand. After Spitzer's Type III, Fig. 16 c, k. Perhaps from the same mould as C-33-445? (Spitzer p. 189) | |
| Material: | soft, fine clay with few gray inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5 YR 7/4 (pink) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. One fragment preserves part of rim, body, and base. Glaze is worn, especially on the raised figures. | |
| Manufacture: | C26 MW | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.057, | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim 0.100 | |
| Area: | Julian Basilica | |
| Context: | NB81 P285 | |
| Bibliography: | Spitzer, Hesperia 1942, p. 189, no. III.6 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Spitzer, Hesperia 11:2, 1942 Monument: Julian Basilica Basket: NB81 P285 Notebook Page: NB 81, spread 52 (pp. 284 - 285) |
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