Corinth Object: C 1937 906
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 906
Title:   BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED JUG WITH RELIEF
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   906
Description:   Jug with flat bottom, rounded edge, nearly cylindrical body curving in slightly.
Decoration:   In relief on body, at left, back half of lion directed lt., from neck to back end, with long curling tail, incised arcs on body; to rt., back end of second lion directed rt. Brown glaze over exterior.
Material:   Moderatley fine clay with scattered white inclusions, fired bright orange to gray-brown.
Munsell Color:   Ca. 2.5YR 6/8
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of bottom, lower body, ca. 1/6 circumference.
Manufacture:   C73
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.072
Dimensions Restored:   D00.17 (base)
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   78 Middle to Late Byzantine
Area:   St. John's
Context:   NB169 P372
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0058
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: St. John's
Image: digital 2014 2376
Basket: NB169 P372
Notebook Page: NB 169, spread 87 (pp. 372 - 373)