Corinth Object: MF 6538
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 6538
Title:   TURKISH PIPE
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   6538
Description:   Thick-walled (ca. 0.013 at rim), sack-shaped bowl; shank has swollen end, flat termination. Rim and shank end reserved, bowl and shank covered with incised decoration: on bowl swirling complex of squidlike volutes, floral and winglike forms; on shank, series of bands studded with concentric circles.
Material:   White meerschaum, blackened at rim.
Rim.
Condition:   Missing parts. Rim mended, small pieces missing; shank chipped.
Period:   Turkish II (1715-1831 AD)
Chronology:   18th century
Bibliography:   Hesperia 1985 no. 132, pg. 132
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Images (5)
Notebook Page: NB 166, spread 88 (pp. 323 - 324)