Corinth Object: C 1937 1474
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1474
Title:   LIGHT-ON-DARK SLIP-PAINTED CUP
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1474
Description:   Cup with nearly hemispherical body, vertical rim, tapered vertical lip. Small finger-sized indentations on body.
Decoration:   White slip over all, yellow glaze on interior and brown glaze on exterior. Wavy light-slip lines on exterior body and rim. Similar to C-1934-1360 (Morgan 1942, Corinth 11, cat. 767).
Material:   Fine red clay with few small to very large white rounded spherical and subrounded tabular inclusions. Rare small and large subrounded voids.
Munsell Color:   5YR 5/6 (yellowish red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., preserving small part of body and rim.
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   12th century; based on comparanda
Area:   Forum south central
Context:   NB173 P78
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum south central
Image: digital 2014 1261
Image: digital 2014 1262
Basket: NB173 P78
Notebook Page: NB 173, spread 48 (pp. 78 - 79)