Corinth Object: C 1999 15
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1999 15
Title:   DRESSEL STAMPED AMPHORA HANDLE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1999
Object Number:   15
Description:   Cylindrical amphora neck with vertical handle, ovoid in section, attached to mid neck and slanting slightly downward.
Writing:   stamp. Rectangular stamp on top of handle, Latin:]A+R(?)MVS A, R ligature
Material:   Fine pinkish buff clay with 1% red, 3% fine micaceous inclusions, rare medium-to-large voids
Munsell Color:   No good match: yellower than 7.5YR 6/5
Condition:   Fragment. Fragment: 1/4 neck and stump of handle with ca. 1/2 stamp
Dimensions Actual:   W00.055 (handle) T00.036 (handle)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.120
Weight Description:   00.38
Weight:   00.38
Period:   Early Roman (44BC-1/2 2nd c AD)
Chronology:   Early Roman; Mid 5th century A.C. context
Area:   Panaghia Villa
Context:   NB918 B82 P104
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia Villa
Image: bw 1999 045 03a
Image: bw 1999 053 15
Basket: NB918 B82 P104