Corinth Object: C 1937 1442
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1442
Title:   LARGE LIGHT-ON-DARK SLIP-PAINTED JAR
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1442
Description:   Jar with slightly concave bottom, deep ovoid body with max. diam. near median, rounded shoulder, low flaring rim, round lip.
Decoration:   Exterior painted in light slip: lower half of body plain, then on upper half series of bands, from bottom up: simplified guilloche with small circle in each braid; thin single guilloche; broader band of boxed diamonds with triangles; simplified guilloche. On rim, vertical stripes. Glaze over all, making slip yellow, remainder of vase olive green.
Material:   Fine reddish clay.
Condition:   Complete profile. Numerous joining frgts., complete profile; complete bottom. Missing parts of lower body, mid body to rim. RIP.
Manufacture:   C80
Dimensions Actual:   H00.28 D00.112 (bottom) D00.206 (max)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum north central
Context:   NB171 P113
Bibliography:   Corinth XI P245 N738, pl. 30, fig. 19.h-j.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum north central
Basket: NB171 P113