| Collection: | Corinth | |
| Type: | Object | |
| Name: | C 1961 72 | |
| Title: | MINIATURE JUG | |
| Category Code: | C | |
| Year: | 1961 | |
| Object Number: | 72 | |
| Description: | Miniature jug with a squat, flat, string-cut base, globular body and everted rim; single vertical, oval handle attached to shoulder and rim. See C-61-146 (Hesperia 34.1 (1965) p. 15, pl. 4 b), a very similar version with no black glaze, and C-61-32, a slightly larger version with black glaze from shoulder up | |
| Decoration: | Black (2.5Y 2.5/1) glaze around inside of rime and dripped on one side of the outside (continues partly onto handle); on the front, the glaze continues most of the way down the body in a sort of painted pendant loop, in the center of which is a small vertical lozenge-shaped dot at the height of the shoulder. | |
| Material: | Fine pale yellow clay with rare medium black inclusions; rare traces of silver mica | |
| Munsell Color: | 2.5Y 8/3 (pale yellow) | |
| Condition: | Complete or intact. Some of black glaze rubbed away, but otherwise pristine | |
| Manufacture: | C23 HW | |
| Dimensions Actual: | H. 0.026, Diam. of base 0.019, max. Diam. 0.027, Diam. of lip 0.014 | |
| Weight Description: | 0.012 | |
| Weight: | 0.012 | |
| Period: | No precise date (NPD) | |
| Chronology: | See C-61-210 (Corinth XVIII.1, p.99, no. 139, pl. 17), which is dated to the 3rd quarter of the 4th century B.C. | |
| Area: | Forum | |
| Context: | NB229 B5 P161, LOT 0656 | |
| Provenance: | Corinth | |
| Site: | Corinth | |
| City: | Ancient Corinth | |
| Country: | Greece | |
| References: | Monument: Forum Image: bw 1961 039 06 Basket: NB229 B5 P161 Notebook Page: NB 229, spread 85 (pp. 160 - 161) Notebook Page: NB 229, spread 90 (pp. 170 - 171) |
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