| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | CP 523 | |
| Title: | ROMAN RELIEF BOWL | |
| Category: | Pottery | |
| Category Code: | CP | |
| Object Number: | 523 | |
| Old Number: | Misc. Inv. 82 | |
| Description: | Upper moulding consists of two ridges above (separating the moulding from the faceted rim) and below (separating the moulding from the decorated zone). One central decorated zone, similar to C-77-41 and C-88-24. | |
| Decoration: | Blackish orange metallic glaze. Central scene has scenes from the Labors of Herakles, including, from left to right: Herakles, wearing a lion skin, kills the Stymphalian birds with an arrow; Herakles, wearing a lion skin, wields a club against Hippolyta; Herakles, wearing lion skin and holding a hoe or mattock with spade-like point and basket below his left knee, cleans the stables of Augeus, with his bow and quiver behind him. | |
| Mythology: | Labors of Herakles | |
| Material: | Fine buff clay | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5 YR 6/4 (light brown) | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Three joining fragments preserve rim and part of body. Lower moulding and foot not preserved. | |
| Manufacture: | C26 MW | |
| Dimensions Preserved: | H: 0.067 | |
| Dimensions Restored: | Diam.: 0.014 | |
| Period: | Roman | |
| Area: | Julian Basilica | |
| Context: | Julian Basilica | |
| Bibliography: | Spitzer, Hesperia 1942, p. 166 no. I.1, Malfitana, Rei cretariae Fautorum, 36.2000, p. 181 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Spitzer, Hesperia 11:2, 1942 Monument: Julian Basilica Basket: Julian Basilica Notebook Page: NB 75, spread 10 (pp. 208 - 209) |
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