Corinth Object: C 1937 1472
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1472
Title:   PROTOMAIOLICA JUG: PLASTIC HANDLE
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1472
Description:   Plastic handle (?) in shape of a quadruped with cylindrical body, rounded chest. On back, applied clay from attachment of another element.
Decoration:   White slip over all, over which linear decoration in manganese: oblique lines on body, circle surrounding top of leg with cross-hatching down leg's axis; lines and circle on chest, horizontal lines at base of neck. Stripe on applied clay on back. No covering glaze preserved.
Material:   Pale greenish-buff clay with numerous tiny black inclusions.
Munsell Color:   5Y 7/3
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., chest, right half body, top of right foreleg, attachment on back.
Manufacture:   C74
Dimensions Preserved:   L00.070 H00.060
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   13th c.
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB173 P74
Provenance:   South Italy
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB173 P74
Notebook Page: NB 173, spread 46 (pp. 74 - 75)