Corinth Object: CP 447
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 447
Title:   VESSEL NECK WITH LATIN STAMPED CLAY SEAL
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   447
Old Number:   MF-XXXX-38 (lapsed)
Description:   Closed vessel with body tapering into wide neck. Two circumference grooves at base of neck over which clay disk.
Decoration:   White slip on exterior.
Writing:   stamp. Disk inscribed in three lines: C.MEVI/PCOCI/AED For same stamp see CP-1652 and C-1980-30.
Material:   Slightly coarse or sandy clay with scattered white and black inclusions, some mica, fired tan.
Munsell Color:   Between 5YR 7/6 and 7.5YR 7/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of neck, all seal. Possible remains of white slip on exterior.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   D00.0265 (seal) T00.005-00.006 (body)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.060
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB72 P97
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB72 P97
Notebook Page: NB 72, spread 53 (pp. 96 - 97)