Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1934 337 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED ONE HANDLED JUG | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1934 | |
Object Number: | 337 | |
Description: | Flat bottom. Ovoid body with maximum diameter below the mid-point. Sshoulder curving up to convex neck with flaring trefoil mouth offset by a plastic ridge. Vertical handle with round section, attaches to base of rim and to shoulder above maximum diameter. | |
Decoration: | Sparse brown glazed. Weak red (Munsell 10 R 5/4) slip below maximum diameter outside. Glossy mottled yellow to green glaze appears brown to olive green applied from maximum diameter outside to over rim inside and in streaks and spots on lower body outside. | |
Material: | Medium hard weak red (10 R 5/4 to 2.5 YR 4/2) clay. Core fired gray and edges fired red. Red, white, black and gray inclusions. Cranular, conchoidal, slightly hackly break with laminar voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 10R 5/4 to 2.5 YR 4/2 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Single frgt., preserving complete vessel except 1/2 neck and rim. | |
Manufacture: | C 73 | |
Weight Description: | 0.323 | |
Weight: | 0.323 | |
Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
Chronology: | 11th century (Guy Sanders) | |
Area: | Agora southwest | |
Context: | Agora southwest | |
Bibliography: | Corinth XI N0052 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora southwest Image: digital 2007 1079 Basket: Agora southwest Notebook Page: NB 144, spread 94 (pp. 177 - 178) |