Corinth Object: C 1934 1288a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1934 1288a
Title:   PROTOMAIOLICA PITCHER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1934
Object Number:   1288
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1934-1288B, C-1934-1288C
Description:   Pitcher with flat disk foot (C), above which body rises vertically then swells to an attenuated globular profile (A-C).
Decoration:   White slip on exterior from beginning of swell up. 3 black circumference lines at base of slip, above which horizontal scale pattern covering body, outlined in black with dabs of brown, green in each, colors arranged in vertical rows of brown, then green. Lower part of body and foot plain. Interior plain. Clear glaze.
Material:   Moderately fine pale yellow-buff clay with numerous tiny voids, scattered red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Ca. 2.5Y 8/3
Condition:   Fragment. Two joining frgts., body.
Manufacture:   C74
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.058
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   Frankish
Area:   Forum southwest West Shops
Context:   NB143 P143
Provenance:   South Italy
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0864
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum southwest West Shops
Basket: NB143 P143
Notebook Page: NB 143, spread 77 (pp. 143 - 144)