Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1937 1153 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED CUP | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1937 | |
Object Number: | 1153 | |
Description: | Cup with flaring slightly convex lower body turning sharply up to vertical upper body. Plain tapering rim. Vertical handle, with oval section, attaches below rim and to angle of lower and upper body. | |
Decoration: | Plain brown glazed. Two incised horizontal lines on lower body and two on upper and lower body. Incised wavy line on upper body below handle attachment. Olive-yellow glaze patchily applied on upper wall inside and outside and much more thickly applied to lower surfaces. On the inside the thicker glaze has dribbled towards rim. Probably sprinkled. Similar to C-1937-1960 | |
Material: | Medium hard, red (2.5 YR 5/8) to gray, fired black at core | |
Munsell Color: | 2.5 YR 5/8 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two frgts., preserving about 1/4 of rim and body and stumps of one handle. | |
Manufacture: | C 73 | |
Weight Description: | 0.073 Kg | |
Weight: | 0.073 | |
Period: | Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD) | |
Chronology: | 10th century (Guy Sanders) | |
Area: | Forum northeast | |
Context: | NB168 P75 | |
Forum northeast | ||
Findspot Description: | Medieval fill q-t: 58-61 + 1.20 to 0.70 NB168 P075 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Forum northeast Image: digital 2014 1353 Basket: Forum northeast Basket: NB168 P75 Notebook Page: NB 168, spread 49 (pp. 74 - 75) |