Corinth Object: C 1953 269
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1953 269
Title:   MORTARIUM
Category Code:   C
Year:   1953
Object Number:   269
Description:   Flat bottom, slightly convex wall, rounded rim heavily undercut. Handles have six very small badly formed beads. Spout has straight sides, strongly flaring and rounded at outer edge. Spout not level with rim, but slightly turned down. Wheel marks on base, none on wall; not well finished.
Material:   Small to large inclusions, red and gray; grit quite fine.
Munsell Color:   Core and surface 5YR 7/6.
Condition:   Missing parts. Four joining fragments preserve most of vessel with both handles and spout.
Chronology:   Second quarter of the 4th to last quarter of the 3rd century.
Bibliography:   Corinth VII.3, p. 110, no. 64; Villing & Pemberton 2010, Hesperia 79.4, cat. 42
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: bw 7589
Image: bw 2006 001 08
Image: bw 2006 002 35