Corinth Object: C 1937 66
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 66
Title:   LIGHT-ON-DARK SLIP-PAINTED PITCHER
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   66
Description:   Pitcher with globular or spherical body, narrow conical neck widening to oblique, tapered lip. Vertical handle, oval in section with ridge down back, tapering to triangle at lower atttachment at max. diam., attached to lip. Faint wheel grooves at base of neck.
Decoration:   White slip over all except for reserved band at handle base, decorated with rinceau. Pale cream glaze.
Material:   Fine, well-compacted red-brown clay with scattered white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Yellower than 2.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., complete profile from mid body to lip, handle; ca. 1/8 body, all neck, 1/5 lip.
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.131
Dimensions Restored:   D00.04-00.05 (lip)
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine Context modern
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB165 P16
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0772
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB165 P16
Notebook Page: NB 165, spread 18 (pp. 16 - 17)