Corinth Object: C 1961 503a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1961 503a
Title:   MICACEOUS ROMAN LONG-PETAL CUP
Category Code:   C
Year:   1961
Object Number:   503
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1961-503B
Description:   Shallow cup with wall curving gently upward to an oblique lip. Lip inward thickened and almond-shaped.
Decoration:   Body covered with long-petal decoration incised by hand in mould. The petals are separated by single rows of dots. A worn pattern (ovolo ?) forms an upper edge to the relief. Groove on interior below lip. No trace of slip but the surface is very worn.
Material:   Very micaceous fine reddish yellow clay with a moderate number of fine inclusions; soft.
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6 to 5YR 6/5
Condition:   Fragment. Single rim frgt. Two non-joining sherds in lot.
Manufacture:   C44 C26
Dimensions Actual:   T00.002
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.025 W00.048
Dimensions Restored:   D00.108 (rim)
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Augustan
Area:   Forum southwest Area E
Context:   NB228 P177
Provenance:   Asia Minor ?
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southwest Area E
Basket: NB228 P177