Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | T 1904 | |
Title: | ROMAN CINERARY URN | |
Category: | Miscellaneous | |
Category Code: | T | |
Object Number: | 1904 | |
Old Number: | CH-020 CP-3251 (lapsed) | |
Description: | Urn with vertical ring foot, flat resting surface, moulded undersurface with central button. Tall ovoid body with max. diam. at ca. H00.265, curving in to vertical rim with inward thickened lip that slopes down toward mouth. Two horizontal twisted handles with fluted roots, set just above max. diam. and canted. | |
Decoration: | In handle zone incised wavy line between 2 circumference lines. | |
Material: | Fine very pale brown clay with dense admixture of very fine black, white inclusions, fewer fine (1mm) angular spherical, and poss. subrounded, red inclusions; voids; unevenly fired pale brown to light salmon. | |
Munsell Color: | Slightly redder than 10YR 7/4 | |
Condition: | Complete or intact. Intact; three small chips in foot. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | H00.436-00.448 D00.14 (foot) D00.403 (max) D00.215 (rim) H00.035 (rim) | |
Period: | Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD) | |
Chronology: | Early Roman | |
Area: | Cheliotomylos | |
Context: | NB552 P49 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Cheliotomylos Image: bw 1998 056 36a Basket: NB552 P49 |