Corinth Object: MF 2185
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 2185
Title:   STONE MOLD FOR AMPULLA
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   2185
Description:   Thick block with smooth sides and back. Impression in top for ampulla with cylindrical body, narrow cylindrical neck with 2 rings at top, outward thickened narrow rim; 2 vertical handles attached to shoulder and top of neck. Body decorated with spokes of dots, ring of dots around circumference; neck: row of dots at base, hatched bands flanking boxed triangles, handles decorated with dots. Conical hole in upper rt. corner of mould; on back, hole filled with bronze.
Material:   Hard, dense pinkish limestone
Condition:   Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving half block with upper half of vessel; large chip in upper right corner with part of back; flake from side of impression.
Dimensions Actual:   L00.068 T00.039
Dimensions Preserved:   W00.047
Period:   Byzantine
Chronology:   ? Byzantine or later
Area:   New Museum
Context:   New Museum, From New Museum Plateia. Exact find place not reco
Bibliography:   Davidson 1952, Corinth 12, cat. 576
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Davidson, Corinth 12, 1952
Monument: New Museum
Basket: New Museum, From New Museum Plateia. Exact find place not reco