Corinth Object: C 1961 73
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1961 73
Title:   AMPHORA NECK WITH DIPINTO
Category Code:   C
Year:   1961
Object Number:   73
Description:   A cylindrical amphora neck
Writing:   dipinto. Red (10R 4/8) painted monogram of two letters near bottom of neck: MA (crossbar of 'A' across second arch of 'M')
Material:   Very pale brown clay with occasional milky white, black, and brown large to very large rounded tabular inclusions; rare very large angular, platy voids parallel to the surfaces
Munsell Color:   10YR 7/4 (very pale brown)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., good condition
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.019
Dimensions Preserved:   W. 0.134, H. 0.087
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of neck 0.150
Weight Description:   0.215
Weight:   0.215
Chronology:   Perhaps a Corinthian B Amphora; see C-71-620 for a similar shape, fabric, and dipinto
Area:   Forum
Context:   NB229 B13 P170
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum
Image: bw 1961 035 02
Basket: NB229 B13 P170