Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 2949 | |
Title: | RHODIAN TRANSPORT AMPHORA STAMPED HANDLE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 2949 | |
Description: | Vertical handle of transport amphora, flattened oval in section, rising slightly from neck attachment. | |
Decoration: | Buff slip on surface. | |
Writing: | stamp. Part of rectangular stamp on upper part handle: Pausanias ? Cf. C-1937-1201 C-1980-43 Hesperia. 1934 | |
Material: | Moderately coarse clay with very fine black inclusions, fired light pink at core. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 7.5YR 7.5/4 (slip) near 7.5YR 7/4 (below surface) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., upper part handle, bit of neck, stamp incomplete. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | W00.040 T00.027 (handle) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.065 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Area: | Forum northeast | |
Context: | NB167 P431 | |
Provenance: | Rhodes | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum northeast Basket: NB167 P431 Notebook Page: NB 167, spread 58 (pp. 431 - 432) |