Corinth Object: C 1927 23a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1927 23a
Title:   EASTERN SIGILLATA B DISH WITH STAMP
Category Code:   C
Year:   1927
Object Number:   23
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1927-23B
Description:   ESB dish with horizontal body and false ring foot.
Decoration:   Light red slip (2.5YR 6/8) on interior and exterior. Incised circle on floor.
Writing:   graffito and stamp. Rectangular stamp on center of floor: CΠΟ/ΡΟΥ. Stamp lightly pressed. Similar to C-1964-205 (Slane 1990, Corinth 18.2, cat. 93). Possible graffito on bottom, possibly Δ?
Material:   Fine reddish yellow micaceous clay with rare small rounded voids.
Munsell Color:   5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow)
Condition:   Fragment. Two non-joining frgts., preserving less than 1/4 base. Slip thin and barely preserved on exterior.
Period:   1 st c. A.C.
Chronology:   3rd quarter 1st c. CE, based on comparanda in Corinth 18.2
Bibliography:   cited in Slane 1990, Corinth 18.2, cat. 93
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece