Corinth Object: C 1976 278
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1976 278
Title:   BYZANTINE COOKING POT
Category Code:   C
Year:   1976
Object Number:   278
Description:   Round-bottomed, spherical pot with wide mouth and upstanding rim with one groove around it. Lip slanted as though to hold a lid. 2 thick strap handles from below rim to maximum diameter. Shallow grooves on upper half of body, fading out as they go lower. Second half of 12th century B.C.
Material:   Thin, rather brittle orange clay, black or dark grey at interior. Numerous white grits. Lower outside fire blackened.
Condition:   Complete profile. Mended from many fragments about 1/5 of body and 1/2 handle missing. Complete profile.
Dimensions Actual:   M.D. 0.189, D. rim ca. 0.131m.
Dimensions Preserved:   P. H. 0.145
Area:   Temple Hill
Context:   NB654 B80 P65
Bibliography:   Hesperia, 1967, p. 288, nos. 112-120
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Temple Hill
Basket: NB654 B80 P65
Notebook Page: NB 654, spread 37 (p. 65)