| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1939 481 | |
| Title: | CORINTHIAN TYPE B AMPHORA NECK-RIM WITH DIPINTO | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1939 | |
| Object Number: | 481 | |
| Description: | Corinthian B transport/storage amphora with low sloping shoulder, short cylindrical neck with sharp ridge at base of tall torus rim, flattened lip rising toward mouth. Two vertical strap handles attached to shoulder and to neck just below rim, the upper position marked by a fine circumference groove on neck. | |
| Writing: | dipinto. Dipinto in red paint on neck: upper half of a letter: possibly either an Alpha with a deeply slanted upper cross bar, or an Ionic-script beta? | |
| Material: | Grayish green clay with ca. 20% admixture of very fine black mudstone inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Somewhat grayer than 2.5Y 8.5/7.5 | |
| Condition: | Missing parts. Numerous joining frgts. preserving part of shoulder, over half neck, complete rim, both handles. | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Area: | Museum west | |
| Context: | NB184 P119 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Museum west |
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