Corinth Object: MF 1998 4
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 1998 4
Title:   TURKISH PIPE WITH LILY-SHAPED BOWL
Category Code:   MF
Year:   1998
Object Number:   4
Description:   Lily-shaped bowl with flaring rim, shank attached to bowl at 30-degree angle, with fine fillet at break. See Robinson C109 ff. for shape.
Decoration:   Decorative stamp on both face of bowl: small hatched circle crowned by double volutes, topped by row of dots from which extend tongues surrounded by small hatchings; seal on right shank, shank articulated from bowl by delicate rouletting; on shank band of rouletting, incised pattern on fillet. Robinson C119, A37 for angle of shank to bowl (19th-20th century), A30 for angle of shank and rouletting of shank rim (second half 19th century).
Material:   Fine reddish buff micaceous clay fired yellowish buff on exterior.
Munsell Color:   Slightly yellower than 5YR 6/4 (core) 7.5YR 5/4 (exterior)
Condition:   Missing parts. Nearly complete profile with shank rim and part of bowl rim missing, nearly whole bowl, interior of bowl and exterior bowl rim and upper body burnt
Dimensions Actual:   D00.038 (bowl rim) H00.044 (bowl)
Period:   Turkish
Chronology:   Turkish, Robinson parallels suggest 19th-20th century
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB910 B4 P16
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 1998 024 31
Image: bw 1998 024 32
Basket: NB910 B4 P16
Notebook Page: NB 910, spread 13 (pp. 15 - 16)