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) |