Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | KT 74005 | |
Title: | TERRACOTTA OBJECT | |
Category: | Minor Finds | |
Category Code: | KT | |
Object Number: | 74 | |
Object Suffix: | 005 | |
Description: | Two long, irregular rolls bound together at the center by applied strip. Rolls slightly bent in center and taper at ends. Surfaces roughly scratched with irregular grooves. At one side appears part of attached object with smooth surface. Similar to KT 74-1 and KT 74-4. Possible identifications of these objects are thunderbolts, rolled hunting net, basket, bundle of reeds, or a broom (Stillwell 1954, Corinth 15.2, p. 242). | |
Material: | Fine pink clay with rare fine inclusions and rare small voids | |
Munsell Color: | 7.5YR 7/4 (pink) | |
Condition: | Fragment. One fragment preserving two rolls of clay bound by a band. Broken at back, unknown portion of object missing. | |
Manufacture: | HM | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 4th century B.C. (Stillwell 1954, Corinth 15.2, cat. 64, p. 242) | |
Area: | Potters' Quarter | |
Context: | NB114 P61 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Findspot Description: | Potters' Quarter. Terracotta Factory, East Room, Deposit 6. | |
Bibliography: | Stillwell 1952, Corinth 15.2, cat. 64, p. 242 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Potters' Quarter Notebook Page: NB 114, spread 35 (pp. 60 - 61) |