Corinth Object: C 1959 76
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 1959 76
Title:   IMPORTED ALBARELLO
Category Code:   C
Year:   1959
Object Number:   76
Description:   Jar with heavy vertical ring foot, resting surface W00.017, low conical undersurface. Concave cylindrical body with 15 vertical facets, twisted slightly to left. Nearly horizontal shoulder sharply offset.
Decoration:   Dark green (copper) glaze over whole body; originally probably also over foot, dripped onto undersurface. Interior wholly glazed.
Material:   Pinkish buff frit with few dark inclusions.
Condition:   Missing parts. Three joining frgts., complete except for hole in body, up to base of neck/rim; glaze partly worn away.
Dimensions Actual:   D00.092 (foot) D00.108 (bottom body) D00.091 (mid body) D00.110 (shoulder
Dimensions Preserved:   H00.180
Period:   Frankish (1210-1458 AD)
Chronology:   Frankish
Area:   Forum southwest
Context:   NB214 P128
Bibliography:   Robinson & Weinberg, Hesperia 1960 P234 N18 Pl.59A; Corinth XI P170 Fig.151b; MacKay, Hesperia 1967 P272 N32
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Publication: Morgan, Corinth 11, 1942
Publication: MacKay, Hesperia 36:3, 1967
Publication: Robinson & Weinberg, Hesperia 29:3, 1960
Monument: Forum southwest
Images (7)
Basket: NB214 P128
Notebook Page: NB 214, spread 69 (pp. 128 - 129)