Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 1097 | |
Title: | DARK-ON-LIGHT SLIP-PAINTED PITCHER | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 1097 | |
Related Objects: | C 1936 1016A-C ? | |
Description: | Pitcher (?) with convex body. (C-1936-1016 publ. as lid). | |
Decoration: | White slip on exterior, brown spiraliform pattern broken by double lines, poss. circumference line below. Similar to C-1936-1016 (probably from same vessel) (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 636). Categorized as "imitation lustre ware" on original inventory book. | |
Material: | Moderately fine light gray clay, fired pink at outer surface, with small rounded and subrounded spherical red and gray inclusions, few voids. | |
Munsell Color: | 10 YR 7/2 (light grey) | |
Condition: | Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small portion of body. | |
Manufacture: | C79 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Based on comparanda | |
Area: | Forum south central | |
Context: | NB163 P138 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum south central Image: digital 2014 1247 Basket: NB163 P138 Notebook Page: NB 163, spread 78 (pp. 138 - 139) |