Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 2004 14 | |
Title: | BLISTER WARE DUCK ASKOS | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 2004 | |
Object Number: | 14 | |
Description: | Duck askos with oval body and tail that connects to the body with smooth curves and curves up to a rounded point. Cf. C-1960-68, C-1934-1645 (Corinth VII.iii nos. 776-777). | |
Decoration: | Dark grayish brown glaze all over exterior with incised decoration on one side of body beneath the glaze, decoration is separated into a series of concentric triangles by incised lines, from bottom to top: wave pattern; ivy garland; wave pattern. Along the spine of duck, and over its tail and down toward its back side is a herringbone pattern. Cf. C-1960-68, C-1934-1645 (Corinth VII.iii nos. 776-777). | |
Material: | Dark grayish brown clay fired purple at core with few medium rounded lime inclusions, few medium subrounded dark red inclusions, and few small rounded voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5YR 5/2 (weak red) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving tail and small portion of body. | |
Manufacture: | C27 HM | |
Dimensions Preserved: | L. 0.079, H 0.032 | |
Weight Description: | 0.018 | |
Weight: | 0.018 | |
Period: | Hellenistic | |
Chronology: | Last quarter of 4th c. B.C. to 146 B.C. | |
Area: | Panaghia east | |
Context: | NB963 B68 P170 | |
Provenance: | Corinth | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Panaghia east Image: bw 2004 016 14a Basket: NB963 B68 P170 Notebook Page: NB 963, spread 90 (pp. 170 - 171) |