Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1948 132 | |
Title: | BRAZIER | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1948 | |
Object Number: | 132 | |
Description: | Figural lug of large brazier. Imported. On exterior, vertical body rounds off into flat, horizontal rim, which rounds off again and continues vertically as back of figural lug. On interior, figure sits inside frame, which sits inside extra border. Right side of boarder gently slopes and flattens out towards bottom as it continues into rim. | |
Decoration: | Relief design of bearded head. Beard defined by four deep grooves that extend downward from lower lip. Beard slopes out from face. Figure wears conical cap with traces of hair falling onto forehead. Head sits in square frame made of two deep grooves on left, top, right, and slightly on bottom. | |
Material: | Coarse red clay with small white and sparkling inclusions, gray exterior. | |
Munsell Color: | Near 2.5YR 6/6 (light red) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving exterior rim and figural interior lug of brazier, broken at top, left side, and bottom. | |
Manufacture: | MM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.110, W. 0.105 | |
Weight Description: | 0.407 | |
Weight: | 0.407 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Area: | Julian Basilica | |
Context: | NB200 P3 | |
NB201 P3 | ||
Bibliography: | Corinth 7.3, p. 119 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Edwards, Corinth 7:3, 1975 Monument: Julian Basilica Image: bw 1964 034 20 Image: bw 1964 034 21 Basket: NB200 P3 Basket: NB201 P3 Notebook Page: NB 201, spread 9 (pp. 3 - 4) |