Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1934 314 | |
Title: | CONSTANTINOPOLITAN WHITE WARE CUP | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1934 | |
Object Number: | 314 | |
Description: | Flaring lower body turning sharply up to slightly inwardly sloping concave upper body. Slightly flaring rim with rounded lip. Vertical loop handle attaches to lower body above the base. | |
Decoration: | Small relief bird at centre inside. Shallow incised lines on upper body below the rim and above angle with lower body outside. Thin red wash on upper body and rim outside through which a band of zig-zags has been incised. Thin, patchy yelolow glaze inisde and outside appears dark brown to orange over red wash. | |
Material: | Medium hard clay with white, red and gray inclusions. Smooth to slightly hackly break.(Sanders PhD: Fabric 3) | |
Munsell Color: | 5 YR 8/2 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Two frgts., preserving base, lower stump of one handle, about 1/3 body and 1/4 rim. | |
Manufacture: | C 68 | |
Weight Description: | 0,203 | |
Weight: | 0 | |
203 | ||
Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
Chronology: | late 10th-late 11th (Guy Sanders) | |
Area: | Agora Southeast | |
Context: | Agora Southeast | |
Findspot Description: | NB 144, p. 154 | |
Bibliography: | Corinth 11, cat. 113. | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora Southeast Image: digital 2007 1071 Notebook Page: NB 144, spread 82 (pp. 153 - 154) |