Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 447 | |
Title: | VESSEL NECK WITH LATIN STAMPED CLAY SEAL | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 447 | |
Old Number: | MF-XXXX-38 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Closed vessel with body tapering into wide neck. Two circumference grooves at base of neck over which clay disk. | |
Decoration: | White slip on exterior. | |
Writing: | stamp. Disk inscribed in three lines: C.MEVI/PCOCI/AED For same stamp see CP-1652 and C-1980-30. | |
Material: | Slightly coarse or sandy clay with scattered white and black inclusions, some mica, fired tan. | |
Munsell Color: | Between 5YR 7/6 and 7.5YR 7/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of neck, all seal. Possible remains of white slip on exterior. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.0265 (seal) T00.005-00.006 (body) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.060 | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Area: | Forum northeast | |
Context: | NB72 P97 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum northeast Basket: NB72 P97 Notebook Page: NB 72, spread 53 (pp. 96 - 97) |