Corinth Object: C 1986 175a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1986 175a
Title:   LOCAL COOKING FABRIC TABLE AMPHORA, NECK AND HANDLE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1986
Object Number:   175
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1986-175B
Description:   Amphora (with ovoid body) with steeply sloping shoulder curving to short neck and outward thickened rim. Profile sagging. Neck slightly bulbous at level of upper handle attachment. 2 grooved, vertical handles, oval in section, attached above mid-neck and to shoulder. (Nonj. rim in lot has triangular outer face.)
Material:   Hard light red cooking fabric (nfc) with streakyreddish yellow surface and brown core (handles).Moderate small subrounded and angular white inclusionsincluding some marl.
Munsell Color:   Fabric: 2.5YR 6/8 surface: 7.5YR 5/2 core: 7.5YR 6/6
Condition:   Fragment. Many joining fragments of neck, shoulder and one handle. Some plaster.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   T00.007
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.268
Dimensions Restored:   D00.082 (neck above handles)
Weight Description:   0.9250 (total including nonj frags in lot)
Weight:   0.9250
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Late 1st-early 2nd AC
Area:   East of Theater
Context:   NB781 B62 P93
    NB781 B63 P94
    NB773 B60 P100
    NB773 B106 P161, LOT 1985 127
    LOT 1985 127
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: East of Theater