Corinth Object: C 1937 855
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 855
Title:   LIGHT-ON-DARK SLIP-PAINTED JUG
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   855
Description:   Small jug with flaring disk foot, nearly biconical body with upper half greater in height, tapering toward neck. Vertical loop handle attached above max. diam.
Decoration:   On body above max. diam. row of large spirals; possibly stripes on handle. Clear glaze.
Material:   Clay fired red-brown at edges, grayer-tan toward core with scattered fine white inclusions,several coarse (to 3 mm).
Munsell Color:   2.5YR 5/6 to ca. 5YR 5.5/4
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., complete foot, half body to nearly neck, base of handle; surface worn.
Manufacture:   C80
Dimensions Actual:   D00.045 (foot) D00.079 (body)
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.072
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   (Coins to Manuel I)
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB168 P19
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB168 P19