Corinth Object: C 1937 2949
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)