Corinth Object: C 2015 21
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2015 21
Title:   KNOSSOS TYPE 18 TRANSPORT AMPHORA
Category Code:   C
Year:   2015
Object Number:   21
Description:   Amphora with cup-shaped rim to thickened squared lip with slight groove on interior of lip. Similar to Hayes 1983, A49 (type 18) and Sackett 1992, no. 77, pl. 182 (Hadrianic deposit D4).
Material:   Fine very pale brown clay with rare small-medium spherical tabular white and reddish orange inclusions, rare fine sparkling inclusions and rare small voids.
Munsell Color:   10YR 8/3 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving one-fifth of rim.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.066
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. 0.14 (rim)
Weight Description:   0.072
Weight:   0.072
Period:   Roman
Chronology:   early-mid 2nd, but possibly into the early 3rd c. AD
Area:   South Stoa
Context:   South Stoa, context 36
Bibliography:   James 2019, Hesperia 88.1, cat. 44
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: South Stoa
Image: digital 2015 3777
Image: digital 2015 3778
Basket: South Stoa, context 36