Corinth Object: C 1936 345a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 345a
Title:   POLYCHROME WHITE WARE CUP
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   345
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1936-0345B (lapsed) C-1936-0345C
Description:   Cup with small torus ring foot, narrow resting surface, undersurface convex to concave. Squat globular body, vertical rim with ridge at base of fine lip. Vertical strap handle attached to lower body and upper rim.
Decoration:   Exterior, body, trace of large design on field of red dots; on rim, broad purple band at lower edge, above which panels of blue and yellow (? Morgan), black stripe on lip inside and out; black and red stripes on handle; interior, black cross crosslet on floor. Clear glaze over all.
Condition:   Fragment. Three joining frgts., complete profile except for lip, complete foot, small part of body, rim, onehandle; old glue on breaks - poss. plaster removed.
Dimensions Actual:   D00.045 (foot)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.060
Dimensions Restored:   D00.085 (max)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine Context Turkish
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB159 P233
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0343
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB159 P233