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 |