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) |