Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1936 2485 | |
Title: | ROMAN STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1936 | |
Object Number: | 2485 | |
Description: | Transport/storage amphora with vertical ridged handle, oval in section with 2 ridges down back, attached to shoulder and making small loop toward neck. | |
Writing: | stamp. Partly illegible crude stamp on back near base: CIIH ? or GIH? | |
Material: | Gritty clay, fired pale brown at surface, dark brown below surface to red at inner surface, with frequent very fine black inclusions, fewer sparkling, coarse angular black, 1-2% white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | Dark brown: slightly more yellow than 7.5YR 4/4 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., half or third of handle and one attachment. | |
Dimensions Actual: | W00.034 T00.022 (handle) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.075 | |
Period: | Roman | |
Chronology: | Roman | |
Area: | South Stoa | |
Context: | South Stoa, From Illegible box marked "XIX", presumably Shop o | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Stoa Image: bw 2001 012 08 Image: bw 2003 012 30a Basket: South Stoa, From Illegible box marked "XIX", presumably Shop o |