Corinth Object: C 1988 120
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1988 120
Title:   STEWPOT WITH EVERTED RIM, UNID. IMPORT
Category Code:   C
Year:   1988
Object Number:   120
Description:   Stewpot with baggy body, straight tapering upper wall and rim everted sharply about 60 degrees. Two vertical handles (non-joining second handle in lot), circular in section, attached below the middle of the upper wall and to the underside of the rim by the lip. Body very thin-walled and wheelridged from point of maximum diameter to about 0.02 below rim; lower body has parallel scratches where inclusions have been dragged.
Material:   Imported cooking fabric, unidentified red fabric with abundant tiny sand grains and sparse subangular white and other inclusions.
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 4/4
Condition:   Fragment. Many joining fragments of rim, handle and body give about 2/3 of profile. Numerous non-joing fragments in lot. Bottom heavily burned and some burning on rim.
Dimensions Actual:   Th. 0.003
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.15
Weight Description:   0.0137
Weight:   0.0137
Period:   Middle Roman (2/2 2nd c-4th c AD)
Chronology:   3rd to early 4th c. A.C.
Area:   East of Theater
Context:   NB790 B28 P65
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: East of Theater