Corinth Object: C 2000 1a
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2000 1a
Title:   BYZANTINE DOTTED SLIP-PAINTED LID
Category Code:   C
Year:   2000
Object Number:   1
Object Suffix:   a
Related Objects:   C-2000-001B
Description:   Rounded lip from which profile curves gently upward and inward to height of approximately 2.5 cm, then contracts with straight profile as it approaches top (not preserved).
Decoration:   Small yellow slip-painted dots, arranged in approximate vertical lines and covered by clear glaze over exterior. Interior thinly glazed.
Material:   Fine light red clay with occasional black and red small angular inclusions and no apparent voids.
Munsell Color:   Clay: 2.5YR 5/6-2.5YR 4/6
Condition:   Fragment. Fragment, 1/4 arc of lip, glaze in good condition though gloss diminished.
Manufacture:   C24
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.046 L00.016
Dimensions Restored:   D00.160 (lip)
Weight Description:   0.041
Weight:   0.041
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   1st half 12th century A.C., context Byzantine
Area:   Panaghia west
Context:   NB927 B3 P16
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia west
Image: bw 2000 026 24
Basket: NB927 B3 P16
Notebook Page: NB 927, spread 13 (pp. 16 - 17)