Corinth Object: C 1986 171
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1986 171
Title:   RIM AND NECK OF UNUSUAL MICACEOUS WATER JAR
Category Code:   C
Year:   1986
Object Number:   171
Description:   Shoulder curves into tapering neck with bulbous wall and sharply triangular rim. Offset band just below rim. Edge of upper handle attachment preserved near base of neck.
Material:   Very fine reddish yellow fabric with occasional tiny white inclusions and abundant mica visible on break and surfaces. Exterior surface fired pink and slipped brown. Mic. water jar fabric 2 or 4?
Munsell Color:   Surface: 7.5YR 7/4 fabric: 5YR 5/6 slip: 7.5YR 5/2
Condition:   Fragment. Seven joining fragments preserve 3/4 of neck and rim. Three nonj frags in B063 (00.0090).
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   D00.035 (rim)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.067
Weight Description:   00.0480 (inc nonj frags)
Weight:   00.0480
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   End of 1st or beginning of 2nd AC
Area:   East of Theater
Context:   NB781 B101 P147
    NB781 B74 P111
    NB781 B73 P110, LOT 1986 048
    LOT 1986 048
Provenance:   Asia minor
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: East of Theater