Corinth Object: C 1965 674
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1965 674
Title:   THYMIATERION WITH WHITE SLIP
Category Code:   C
Year:   1965
Object Number:   674
Description:   Thymiaterion with vertical upper body, oblique rim with convex profile out, concave in, and flat lip with shallow groove in top surface.
Decoration:   On exterior of rim, band of applied clay pressed with finger to form ‘pie-crust’. Over this a white slip on exterior and at least one small patch on interior. Over this unclear whether have ghost of yellow paint or simply stain from dirt. For shape see C-1965-322 from same stratum.
Material:   Clay with ca. 5% inclusions: fine to larger angular black, fine red and sparkling inclusions, fired light redish brown
Munsell Color:   5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving top of body, ca, one-eighth of circumference of rim; slip.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.0395, L. 0.0875
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. of rim 0.38
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Area:   Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Context:   NB295, LOT 3230
Site:   Acrocorinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Acrocorinth Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore
Image: digital 2021 0301
Basket: NB295