Corinth Object: C 2013 58
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2013 58
Title:   UNKNOWN RED SLIP OPEN VESSEL
Category Code:   C
Year:   2013
Object Number:   58
Description:   Open vessel with ring foot with squared resting surface and smoothed into underside of vessel. Bottom tapering in thickness, flat on underside and slightly concave from vessel interior. Widely flaring straight walls, quite thick (0.0055).
Decoration:   Red slip overall.
Material:   Medium hard reddish yellow clay, few white inclusions, common platey voids, faintly micaceous. Medium thick slip on interior of vessel, darker and redder than matrix, thin wash of same color on exterior of vessel, poorly preserved
Munsell Color:   Core: 5YR 7/6 (reddish yellow), Slip 2.5YR 6/8 (light red)
Condition:   Fragment. 3 fragments, joining. 12.5% base preserved, parts of vessel bottom and lower walls. Somewhat weathered edges.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.107, H. 0.010
Dimensions Restored:   Diam. base 0.21
Weight Description:   0.037
Weight:   0.037
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008
Provenance:   Unknown - cf. C-2013-48, which is a similar soft yellowish clay
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0810
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080