Corinth Object: CP 3281
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 3281
Title:   LATE ROMAN TRANSPORT/STORAGE AMPHORA
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   3281
Description:   Amphora with narrow pig toe, rounded bottom widening slightly to ovoid body, max. diam. below shoulder. Low sloping shoulder, conical neck tapering to straight flaring rim, flat lip. Small vertical handles, oval in section, attached to mid shoulder and neck. For type see C-1936-0795.
Decoration:   Broad band of wheel-riding on shoulder.
Material:   Fine reddish tan clay, fine black inclusions, occasional coarse cream. Hard-fired. Some voids.
Condition:   Missing parts. Numerous joining frgts., complete profile except tip of toe; roughly half amphora, 9/10 rim, one intact handle.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   ?
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.45
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   6th c. A.C.
Area:   Early Excavations
Context:   Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown. Found in OM; given MK nu
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Early Excavations
Basket: Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown. Found in OM; given MK nu