Corinth Object: C 1937 868
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1937 868
Title:   LIGHT-ON-DARK SLIP-PAINTED LID
Category Code:   C
Year:   1937
Object Number:   868
Description:   Lid with very slight convex profile; solid knob with flaring profile, nippled top.
Decoration:   Exterior, small pendent triangles on top of handle; on body, broad curvilinear foliate motif. Pale yellow glaze over all, making ground mustard color.
Material:   Red-brown clay, well-compacted, with a few coarse white inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Near 2.5YR 5/6
Condition:   Fragment. Single frgt., part of lid and whole knob.
Manufacture:   C80
Dimensions Actual:   D00.029 (knob)
Dimensions Preserved:   MPDim00.081
Period:   Late Byzantine (1059-1210 AD)
Chronology:   Late Byzantine
Area:   Forum northeast
Context:   NB167 P394
Bibliography:   Corinth XI N0774
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Monument: Forum northeast
Basket: NB167 P394
Notebook Page: NB 167, spread 39 (pp. 393 - 394)