Corinth Object: MF 9240
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 9240
Title:   TERRACOTTA ROSETTE
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   9240
Description:   Terracotta solid mouldmade rosette with large central round knob with eight raised oval petal sections radiating from center. Flat back. Idea similar to MF-10384.
Decoration:   White slip and yellow painted overall.
Material:   Fine gray clay with rare small tabular angular black, few small to medium platy rounded white, and few fine sparkling inclusions
Munsell Color:   Clay: 7.5YR 5/1 (gray), Paint: 10YR 7/6 (yellow)
Condition:   Complete or intact. Single piece chipped and worn on one side. Traces of white slip and yellow paint in petal grooves and central knob.
Manufacture:   MM
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. 0.016, Th. 0.003
Period:   Hellenistic
Chronology:   233-220 B.C. based on C-48-11 SAH Rhodian (Fink) in Fill 2 or 246-222 B.C. based on coin of Ptolemy III in Well XXII
Area:   South Stoa
Context:   NB199 B124 P182
Findspot Description:   P189 in NB
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa
Basket: NB199 B124 P182
Notebook Page: NB 199, spread 99 (pp. 188 - 189)
Notebook Page: NB 199, spread 104 (pp. 198 - 199)