Corinth Object: C 1936 628
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1936 628
Title:   BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED TREFOIL PITCHER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1936
Object Number:   628
Description:   Pitcher with flat bottom, cylindrical slightly swelling body, steep shoulder, concave neck, trefoil rim with projecting ridge at base which mirrors form, thickened round lip, with vertical strap handle attached to base of rim.
Decoration:   Red-brown glaze over all.
Material:   Red moderately fine clay with very fine sand and voids.
Munsell Color:   10R 6/7
Condition:   Complete profile. Many joining frgts., preserving complete profile, whole rim, 2/3 neck, 3/4 shoulder, partial body, almost whole bottom, upper attachment of handle; glaze chipped.
Manufacture:   C73
Dimensions Actual:   H00.253 D00.155 (bottom) D00.049 (neck)
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   Middle Byzantine
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB158 P121
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N056
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum south central
Basket: NB158 P121
Notebook Page: NB 158, spread 69 (pp. 121 - 122)