Corinth Object: C 2003 71
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2003 71
Title:   COOKING FABRIC LID
Category Code:   C
Year:   2003
Object Number:   71
Description:   Lid with broadly conical top in two degrees, a deep dome in the upper half, that turns to shallow convex walls in the lower half, rounded inturned lip. Similar but not quite the same with C-37-2512, C-47-479 (Corinth VII.iii nos. 697, 698).
Decoration:   Dull glaze concentric circles from the knob to the rim on exterior surface of the top.
Material:   Coarse red clay with frequent medium to very large rounded and sub-rounded lime inclusions, few black inclusions, and rare voids.
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Fragment. Numerous joining frgts., preserving 1/2 rim and top.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.07
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of rim 0.295
Weight Description:   0.369
Weight:   0.369
Period:   Hellenistic
Chronology:   350-146 B.C. (Corinth VII.iii pp. 130-131)
Area:   Panaghia south
Context:   NB959 B60 P149, LOT 2003 083
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia south
Image: bw 2003 027 23a
Image: digital 2004 0265
Basket: NB959 B60 P149