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 |