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 |