Collection: | Corinth | |
Type: | Object | |
Name: | C 1934 784 | |
Title: | BYZANTINE SLIP-PAINTED JUG | |
Category Code: | C | |
Year: | 1934 | |
Object Number: | 784 | |
Description: | Pitcher with plump round body. | |
Decoration: | In light slip on exterior, broad band of Kufic grouped in triangular formation alternating with large vertical spirals and palmettes at edge of shoulder; thin slip on interior. Bright yellow glaze out, making ground brown. | |
Material: | Fine red clay, well-compacted, with few fine white inclusions. | |
Munsell Color: | From 2.5YR 6/4 to 2.5YR 6/6 | |
Condition: | Fragment. Two joining frgts., body. | |
Manufacture: | C80 | |
Dimensions Preserved: | H00.079 W00.090 | |
Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
Chronology: | 12th c. CE | |
Area: | Forum southeast | |
Context: | NB141 P74 | |
Bibliography: | Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 771 | |
Site: | Corinth | |
City: | Ancient Corinth | |
Country: | Greece | |
References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Forum southeast Image: digital 2014 1503 Basket: NB141 P74 Notebook Page: NB 141, spread 54 (pp. 73 - 74) |