Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | CP 3283 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE TRANSPORT/STORAGE AMPHORA | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Category Code: | CP | |
Object Number: | 3283 | |
Old Number: | MK-2689 | |
Description: | Amphora with round bottom with moulded "nipple" on bottom, D00.04. Tall ovoid body with max. diam. below shoulder, curving continuously into steep shoulder. Vertical ridged handle, attached to lower part of shoulder. | |
Decoration: | Broad wheel-ridges over all, over which incised wave pattern at mid height, edge of 2nd band on shoulder. Drips of matt black paint on shoulder by handle. | |
Material: | Moderately fine buff clay, fired to pale pink on interior, with frequent tiny white inclusions, voids. | |
Condition: | Fragment. Numerous joining frgts., profile to near top of shoulder; all bottom, lower body; ca. 1/2 upper body, 1/3 shoulder; lower 2/3 of one handle. | |
Manufacture: | WM | |
Dimensions Actual: | D00.385 (max) | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.69 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | Late Byzantine or later | |
Area: | Early Excavations | |
Context: | Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown. Found in OM; given MK nu | |
Provenance: | Corinth ? | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Monument: Early Excavations Basket: Early Excavations, Exact provenance unknown. Found in OM; given MK nu |