Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 2514 | |
Title: | DUCK ASKOS | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 2514 | |
Description: | Askos with flaring ring foot, flat broad resting surface, rounded undersurface. Deep globular body, pressed into oval section at shoulder height, medium-wide neck rising from one end, heavy biconical rim. Horizontal strap handle with ridges down back, set vertically on top of shoulder, abutting base of neck and under rim. | |
Decoration: | Single circumference groove on body above median. | |
Material: | Clay fired pale buff at surface, red below surface, with frequent tiny white, black inclusions, some voids. | |
Munsell Color: | Surface: 2.5Y 8/2 ; Core: near 2.5YR 6/5 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Numerous joining frgts., complete profile; 9/10 foot, most of body except for ca. 1/4 lower body, 1/4 shoulder; complete neck, rim, handle. RIP. | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.305 D00.126 (foot) D00.135 (rim) | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | Context late 4th c. B.C. | |
Area: | Agora south central | |
Context: | NB163 P171 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora south central Image: bw 1999 007 22 Image: bw 2002 036 35 Basket: NB163 P171 |