Corinth Object: MF 14198
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   MF 14198
Title:   GLASS-MAKING OR GLAZING POT
Category Code:   MF
Object Number:   14198
Old Number:   C-1933-0550 (lapsed)
Description:   Glass-making or glazing debris, consisting of theshoulder of a jar, curving into the neck, withpart of a vertical strap handle (?), embedded upside down in a mass of clay, with additionalclay packing in its neck to form floor forglass/glaze, which has pooled to T00.006,continuing up side. In break, more vitreous material visible beneath jar, surrounding handle stump and also running off into casing.
Material:   Vessel: hard light red clay with abundant tiny black inclusions; clear glass; outer casing of moderately fine buff clay.
Munsell Color:   Slightly yellower than 2.5YR 6/6 (vessel)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., broken all around
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.076 W00.100
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Byzantine ?
Area:   Forum southeast
Context:   NB135 P43
Provenance:   Corinth
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum southeast
Basket: NB135 P43