Corinth Object: C 1937 3014
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)