Corinth Object: C 1937 1887
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1887
Title:   LIGHT-ON-DARK SLIP-PAINTED FLASK
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1887
Description:   Flask with one flat side, opposite shoulder nearly horizontal, tapering into conical neck; 2 vertical strap handles making ring on either shoulder.
Decoration:   Small spots over all exterior, yellow glaze.
Material:   Fine clay fired brown at edges, gray at core, with some fine white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   10YR 5/3 (interior) Near 10YR 4/1 (core)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., shoulder, lower part of neck; two upper handle attachments.
Manufacture:   C80
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.033
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB174 P38
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0746
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB174 P38
Notebook Page: NB 174, spread 24 (pp. 37 - 38)