Corinth Object: LOT 2010 7:03
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   LOT 2010 7:03
Title:   BASKETBALL ASKOS
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   LOT
Year:   2010
Object Number:   7
Description:   Askos with a spherical body with a quatrefoil spout at mid-body. Vertical loop handle attached at mid-body at 90 degrees to spout. Similar to Corinth VII.3, no. XXX
Decoration:   Flaking dull black glaze all over. Incised lines filled with red miltos trace a hexagon pattern across the exterior of the body. Similar to Corinth VII.3 no. XXX
Material:   Fine buff clay with rare small rounded and angular tabular white, gray and reddish brown inclusions and rare small voids
Munsell Color:   10 YR 8/2
Condition:   Fragment. Seven joining fragments preserve half of body and most of lip.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.059, max. diam. 0.078
Weight Description:   0.051
Weight:   0.051
Period:   Hellenistic
Chronology:   First half of 3rd c. BC
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 6988, LOT 2010 007
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0091
Image: digital 2013 0092
Basket: Nezi Field, context 6988