Corinth Object: MF 13336
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 13336
Title:   MOLD FOR ROMAN RELIEF BOWL
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   13336
Old Number:   C 1933 445 lapsed
Description:   Mould for Roman relief bowl with straight sides and thickened rim. Relief zone covers entire side of pot, set off by half-round and two grooves, above, by two shallow steps.
Decoration:   Figure, dressed in short kilt, pulling bough of tree or vine. Beside him, a curly-legged table upon which lies fruit or food. Figure holds large torch or fagot, possibly large acorn or head of thyrsos at his feet. Nude youth with basket on his back. After Spitzer's Type III, Fig. 16 i, o, and e.
Material:   fine hard clay, moderately well levigated
Condition:   Fragment. Four joining fragments, preserving side wall to rim, about 1/4 circumference. Clay is fired tan at core and inner surface, pink outside and toward interior.
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.060, Th. 0.013-0.015
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of rim c. 0.104
Area:   Agora Southeast
Context:   NB135 P108
Bibliography:   Spitzer, Hesperia 1942, p. 189, no. III.9
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Spitzer, Hesperia 11:2, 1942
Monument: Agora Southeast
Basket: NB135 P108