Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1935 534 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED CUP WITH TWO HANDLES | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1935 | |
Object Number: | 534 | |
Description: | Low disk foot, vertical slightly convex walls curving in to vertical rim with rounded lip, offset by pronounced raised band outside. Two vertical ring handles, square in section, attach at mid-body. | |
Decoration: | Plain brown glazed. Plastic animal protomes on handles with incised, impressed and appliqué physical features. Thick glossy yellow glaze inside and out but partially absent under handles and on foot. | |
Material: | Medium hard reddish brown clay | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5 YR 5/4 to 5/6 | |
Condition: | Complete profile. Nine frgts. preserving complete profile including 1/3 of base, 2/3 of the body, 1/6 of rim, and both handles. Completely restored in plaster. | |
Manufacture: | C 73 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | late 11th-early 12th c., according to GDRS | |
Area: | Agora Southeast | |
Context: | NB148 P60 | |
Agora Southeast | ||
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Agora Southeast Image: bw 4531 Notebook Page: NB 148, spread 35 (pp. 60 - 61) |