Corinth Object: CP 3162
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   CP 3162
Title:   TRANSPORT AMPHORA STAMPED HANDLE
Category:   Pottery
Category Code:   CP
Object Number:   3162
Description:   Transport/storage amphora with cylindrical neck, outward thickened rim, lip of which missing. Upper surface of rim flattened. Vertical strap handle attached to neck.
Decoration:   Red paint on handle at base of rim.
Writing:   stamp. Circular stamp on upper surface handle: ivy leaf. Cf. C-12960-161 for same stamp.
Material:   Porous coarse clay, sandy in texture, substantial silver, golden mica, fine black, white, red inclusions, fired brown to purple at core.
Munsell Color:   Between 7.5YR 7/4-6/4 surface
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment small part neck to rim, start of handle.
Manufacture:   WM
Dimensions Actual:   T00.025 (handle)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.073
Period:   Classical
Area:   Provenance Unknown
Context:   Provenance Unknown, From miscellaneous box in Museum
Provenance:   North Aegean ?
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Provenance Unknown
Basket: Provenance Unknown, From miscellaneous box in Museum