| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1936 108 | |
| Title: | BYZANTINE SPOTTED SLIP-PAINTED CUP | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1936 | |
| Object Number: | 108 | |
| Description: | Small button base, ovoidal body curving continuously up to slightly everted rim with rounded lip and offset outside by a low ridge.Two vertical ring handles, with rectangular section and central groove, attach to upper body below rim. | |
| Decoration: | White slip painted spots applied in neat rows inside and outside to mid-body. Light to dark speckled green glaze all over. | |
| Material: | Fine pink (Munsell 7.5 YR 7/4) to reddish yellow (Munsell 5 YR 6/6) with black and white clay. Smooth, conchoidal break with laminar voids. | |
| Munsell Color: | 7.5 YR 7/4 to 5 YR 6/6 | |
| Condition: | Complete profile. 17 frgms preserve about 9/10 of vessel including the base, 9/10 of the body and rim and two handles.Glaze worn. Completely restored in plaster. | |
| Manufacture: | C80 | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H00.073 D00.035 (foot) D00.114 (rim) | |
| Period: | Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD) | |
| Chronology: | Late 11th- very early 12th c. (Guy Sanders) | |
| Area: | Forum south central | |
| Context: | NB159 P306 | |
| Bibliography: | Corinth XI N0726 | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942 Monument: Forum south central Basket: NB159 P306 Notebook Page: NB 159, spread 66 (pp. 305 - 306) |
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