Corinth Object: C 1935 761 | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | C 1935 761 | | Title: | | LOCAL RED SLIP CUP/MUG | | Category Code: | | C | | Year: | | 1935 | | Object Number: | | 761 | | Description: | | Local red slip mug with globular body, flanged rim, pointed lip, and handle. Form probably similar to thin-walled ware cup C-1973-398 a,b (Slane 1990, Corinth 18.2, cat. 209). | | Decoration: | | Red slip (2.5YR 4/6, metallic sheen) on exterior and interior, faired to dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) on rim. Rows of rouletting cover exterior surface. Two grooves on exterior of lip, one groove on exterior of flange. | | Material: | | Fine light red micaceous fabric with rare small white rounded inclusions, few small round voids. | | Munsell Color: | | 2.5YR 6/8 (light red) | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving less than 1/4 rim. Trace of handle. Slip well-preserved on interior and exterior, fading on rim. | | Period: | | 1 st c. A.C. | | Chronology: | | second half of the 1st century CE?, based on comparanda in Corinth 18.2 | | Bibliography: | | Hayes 1973, Hesperia 42, cat. 219; cited in Slane 1990, Corinth 18.2, p. 59, note 83. | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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