Corinth Object: C 1937 1645
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 1645
Title:   BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED JUG
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   1645
Description:   Jug with flat bottom, cylindrical body with slight convex profile, sharply articulated shoulder rising steeply into short narrow concave neck. Vertical strap handle attached to upper body.
Attributes:   C73
Material:   Moderately coarse red clay with scattered white, red inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Yellower than 2.5YR 5/8
Condition:   Fragment. Seven joining frgts., complete except for upper part of neck, rim; lower handle stump preserved. Glaze chipped.
Manufacture:   Lustrous brown glaze
Dimensions Actual:   D00.106 (bottom) D00.116 (max)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.161
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   78 Middle to Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB165 P50
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB165 P50
Notebook Page: NB 165, spread 35 (pp. 50 - 51)