Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 3014 | |
Title: | CORINTHIAN TYPE A STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLE | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 3014 | |
Description: | Vertical handle of Corinthian A transport/storage amphora, attached to shoulder; handle round at base, flattening very slightly to oval at upper break. | |
Decoration: | Streaky wash on interior fired buff. | |
Writing: | stamp. Stamp at base of handle: 9-petal palmette, incuse, in an ogival frame. | |
Material: | Coarse clay, fired gray at core, light red at surface, with fine to large red mudstone inclusions, fewer fine black. | |
Munsell Color: | 5YR 5/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., lower half of handle and attachment. | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.037 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L00.114 | |
Period: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. ? Context Early Roman | |
Area: | South Stoa west | |
Context: | NB170 P61 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: South Stoa west Image: bw 1998 002 10 Basket: NB170 P61 Notebook Page: NB 170, spread 35 (pp. 61 - 62) |