Corinth Object: LOT 1976 245:15a | Collection: | | Corinth | | Type: | | Object | | Name: | | LOT 1976 245:15a | | Title: | | BYZANTINE PLAIN WARE MUG | | Category: | | Pottery | | Category Code: | | LOT | | Year: | | 1976 | | Object Number: | | 245 | | Description: | | Mug with flat base, ovoid body. One vertical handle, rectangular in section, attaches to maximum diameter. | | Decoration: | | Wheel-ridging beginning max. diam. (0.031). | | Material: | | Hard, fine, red clay. 1-3% of red (0.5 - 1.5 mm), rounded, spherical; 1-3% white (0.25 - 1.5 mm) subrounded, spherical; 1% black (0.5 - 1.5 mm) angular, spherical; 1% (0.25 - 0.5) sparkling inclusions. Few, subrounded voids. Granular, conchoidal break. | | Munsell Color: | | 2.5 YR 5/6 (red) | | Condition: | | Fragment. Single frgt preserves half of base and lower body, missing rim. Traces of blackened surface on base and lower body. | | Manufacture: | | WM | | Dimensions Preserved: | | H. 0.068, W. 0.083 | | Dimensions Restored: | | Diam. base 0.07 | | Weight Description: | | 0.069 | | Weight: | | 0.069 | | Period: | | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | | Site: | | Corinth | | City: | | Ancient Corinth | | Country: | | Greece |
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