| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1963 565 | |
| Title: | CHAFING DISH | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1963 | |
| Object Number: | 565 | |
| Description: | Flaring concave ring base formed by folding bottom in on itself. Straight flaring conical wall curving slightly upwards to faceted rim. Deep, rounded bowl with central nipple set within stand to form double lip with groove between. Vertical handles attached to upper wall and just above base. | |
| Decoration: | Undecorated inside. Zone of vertical hatching below facet outside. Cut triangular vents outlined with sgraffito lines seperated by incised vertical lines with diagonal lines branching off. Thick, glossy yellow glaze inside to top of lip spalling in places inside. Probably dipped or painted on. | |
| Material: | Medium Hard clay. Red to light red (Munsell 10R 5/8 to 6/8. Black and white inclusions. Granular slightly lanminar break. | |
| Munsell Color: | 10 R 5/8 to 6/8 | |
| Condition: | Fragment. Eight frgts., preserving about 3/5 of vessel including 1/2 bowl and upper stand and 1/2 base. Base and two body sherds non-joining. Partially restored in plaster | |
| Manufacture: | C72/ C73 | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late 11th century (Guy Sanders) | |
| Area: | Oakley south | |
| Context: | Oakley south | |
| NB257 B9 P161 | ||
| NB257 B3h P190 | ||
| Findspot Description: | Vaulted room east of Turkish cistern. | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth XX, fig. 23.3:3. | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Oakley south Basket: Oakley south |
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