| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 2006 30 | |
| Title: | STAMPED KNIDIAN AMPHORA HANDLE | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 2006 | |
| Object Number: | 30 | |
| Description: | Knidian transport/storage amphora with rolled rim, neck bulging out at handle attachment, vertical strap handle oval in section. | |
| Decoration: | Pale yellow self-slip. | |
| Writing: | stamp. Stamp on upper surface of handle, rectangular, 0.046 x 0.014, | |
| Material: | Coarse reddish yellow clay with rare medium brown subangular tabular inclusions. | |
| Munsell Color: | Clay: 7.5YR7/6 (reddish yellow ), Slip: 2.5Y8/4 (pale yellow) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Single fragment preserving small part of rim and upper half of handle with handle attachment. | |
| Manufacture: | WM | |
| Dimensions Actual: | W. of handle 0.039, Th. of handle 0.022 | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H. 0.070, horizontal L. handle 0.100 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam. of rim ca. 0.140 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.170 | |
| Weight: | 0.170 | |
| Period: | 2nd c. B.C. | |
| Chronology: | ca. 167-146 B.C. after Knidian eponym. Period IV B (Grace, Hesp 1985:31). | |
| Area: | Panaghia north | |
| Context: | NB982 B30 P64, LOT 2006 040 | |
| Provenance: | Knidos | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Panaghia north Image: bw 2007 020 30 Basket: NB982 B30 P64 |
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