Corinth Object: C 2013 24
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2013 24
Title:   LATE ROMAN C PLATE OR BOWL WITH STAMPED PALM BRANCHES
Category Code:   C
Year:   2013
Object Number:   24
Description:   Deep plate or bowl, probably Form 2 based on stamp motif. Thicker toward center of vessel.
Decoration:   Red slip over all. Two stamped palm branches as Type 1C arranged to point outward from center of vessel. Circular rosettes as Type 3 irregularly spaced around tips and between palm branches. Probably Group I, although no shallow grooved bands preserved.
Material:   Hard light red clay, common small white inclusions, slip one shade darker than matrix
Munsell Color:   Core: 2.5YR 6/6 (light red), Slip: 2.5YR 5/8 (red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment. Base of vessel with no edges. Concentric wheel marks on exterior bottom of vessel
Manufacture:   C50 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.048, W. 0.039
Weight Description:   0.008
Weight:   0.008
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Late 4th-early 5th century. Cf. Agora XXXII no. 1333-1335 (P 7935, P 8048, P 27047). Hayes dates stamp type 360-450 (LRP p. 349)
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008
Provenance:   Phocea
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0831
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080