| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1931 443 | |
| Title: | MORTAR WITH SPOUT | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1931 | |
| Object Number: | 443 | |
| Description: | Mortar with flat base, body rising from stem then flaring out at ca. 45 degree angle to down-turned rim with convex profile and flattened lip. Two horitzontal spool handles on rim with flaring ends and 3 heavy beads on each. Inclusions on floor nearly to lip, exterior thinly lipped. Vessel with flat foot, lip overhangs slightly. Astragal-like handles. Similar to C-1931-447 (Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 65) and C-1931-448 (Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 66). For type see Hesperia 6, 1937, p. 299, nos. 193 and 194. | |
| Material: | Coarse tan clay with moderate amount of brown/red inclusions | |
| Munsell Color: | Slightly yellower than 7.5YR 7/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. Many joining frgts., preserving complete profile. RIP. Missing center floor. | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.093; D. foot 0.192; D. max 0.331; D. lip 0.320 | |
| Period: | Classical | |
| Chronology: | context ca. 425 to last quarter of 4th c. BCE | |
| Area: | Asklepieion | |
| Context: | NB122 P174 | |
| Findspot Description: | Asklepieion. Votive Deposit V Well QQ:22 north | |
| Bibliography: | Hesperia 2010, cat. 46, p. 589; Roebuck 1951, Corinth 14, cat. 61, p. 135; Villing & Pemberton 2010, Hesperia 79.4, cat. 46 | |
| Site: | Asklepeion | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Asklepieion Image: bw 5732 Basket: NB122 P174 |
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