Corinth Object: C 2002 19
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2002 19
Title:   PLAIN GREEN-GLAZED FENESTRATED CHAFING DISH
Category Code:   C
Year:   2002
Object Number:   19
Related Objects:   Originally C 2002 019A and B, which eventually joined.
Description:   Conical stand, slightly convex at upper end into which bowl is set, flaring rim with rounded lip; arched opening to charcoal compartment in lower half of stand and row of decorative openings at the handle zone. Rather deep hemispherical bowl with rounded bottom, set within the stand, ending in rounded lip acting as a flange. Vertical oval handle attached just below rim.
Decoration:   White slip and plain green glaze over all. Row of perforations in upper 1/2 of stand consisting of pairs of superimposed triangles alternating with slits.
Material:   Clay fired gray-brown to light red at edges with rare (1%) medium to large white spherical rounded inclusions and few (3%) voids
Munsell Color:   Between 2.5 YR 6/8 (fresh break) to grayer than 7.5YR 6/4
Condition:   Fragment. Fragment. At least ten joining fragments preserving small part of stand, 1/3 of bowl, 1/2 of rim, upper attachment of handle. Trace of attachment on top of rim close to the handle below from stacking in kiln.
Manufacture:   C83 WM
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.105
Dimensions Restored:   D00.180 (rim)
Weight Description:   00.350
Weight:   00.350
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Early 12th century AD
Area:   Panaghia west
Context:   NB953 B9 P21
    NB953 B10 P23
    NB949 B53 P143
    NB949 B53 P143, LOT 2002 036
    LOT 2002 036
    LOT 2002 020
    NB944 B81 P146
    NB944 B81 P146, LOT 2002 036
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Panaghia west
Image: bw 2002 028 16
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