Corinth Object: C 2013 25
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2013 25
Title:   AFRICAN RED SLIP STAMPED PLATE WITH WING MOTIF
Category Code:   C
Year:   2013
Object Number:   25
Description:   Wide, shallow plate or bowl. Somewhat thinner near center (0.0045 vs. 0.0059 further out).
Decoration:   Red slip over all. Stamped, with rouletting and grooves around base. Single interior stamp with two wings framing a central motif of concentric circles, ringed by globules (W. 0.022, L. 0.014). Framing ring of groove, band of hatch marks, groove. Trace of floral(?) stamp motif outside this ring.
Material:   Hard red clay, relatively clean with few small white and black inclusions, exterior slip one shade darker than matrix
Munsell Color:   Core: 2.5YR 6/8 (light red), Slip: 2.5YR 5/8 (red)
Condition:   Fragment. Three fragments, joining. Base, no edges. Some of interior surface flaked off. Some surface pitting.
Manufacture:   C49 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   L. 0.099, W. 0.046
Weight Description:   0.029
Weight:   0.029
Period:   Late Roman (5th -6th c AD)
Chronology:   Decoration pattern and stamp doesn't match any LRP AfRS or LRC types
Area:   Nezi Field
Context:   Nezi Field, context 1080, LOT 2013 008
Provenance:   North Africa
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Nezi Field
Image: digital 2013 0836
Basket: Nezi Field, context 1080