Corinth Object: C 1936 500a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 500a
Title:   BROWN-GLAZED CHAFING DISH WITH PLASTIC DECORATION
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   500
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-1936-0500B
Description:   Chafing dish with flaring stand, vertical handle attached from below rim to constricted end.
Decoration:   Elaborately perforated and decorated with applique figures: long-necked grivvens; plastic handles representing animals with open jaws and forepaws raised to head. Olive-brown glaze on interior of bowl, exterior of stand.
Material:   Coarse red clay.
Condition:   Fragment. Numerous joining frgts., preserving large part of stand's height, ca. 1/4 circumference, one handle.
Manufacture:   C73
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.134
Dimensions Restored:   D00.22 (max)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   South Stoa middle
Context:   NB151 P76
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0009
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: South Stoa middle
Basket: NB151 P76