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- Type
- Inventoried Object
- Logical part of
- Area UA (Underwater at south mole)
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
- Subject number
- P 540
- Comparanda
- cf. IsthmiaXI, pp. 141-142, no. 834, fig. 61 (South Temenos, context dated early/mid-2nd century)
- Comparanda
- cf. Slane1986, pp. 290, 291, no. 84, fig. 13 (Early Roman Cellar Building, Corinth, third quarter 1st century C.E.)
- Comparanda
- sim. MartyPeppers1979, pp. 197-198, 383, 471, nos. A177, A178, figs. 36:f, g, 124:a (Tower 14, Isthmia)
- Conservation
- 1960s: sherds joined with shellac and large section patched with grayish yellow plaster.
- Fabric, firing, and surface description
- Corinthian utilitarian ware: pale yellow fabric; fine, somewhat soft; powdery texture and smooth break; uncommon, small lime inclusions.
- Preservation comment
- Fourteen joining sherds preserve ca. 25% of base, body, and rim, including full profile. Surface is fragile and powdery from extensive erosion; clean breaks. Weathering consistent with long marine submersion.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIV, p. 141, no. RC 88a, pl. 38 (B. Adamsheck)
- Height
- 0.129
- Estimated rim diameter
- 0.4
- Wall thickness
- 0.007-0.009
- Material
- Ceramic (Material)
- Drawing
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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- Photograph
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“KE 2079 (Early Roman Corinthian Basin).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/ke2079>
