Corinth Object: C 2007 37
Collection:   Corinth
Type:   Object
Name:   C 2007 37
Title:   MIDDLE BYZANTINE BROWN-GLAZED CHAFING-DISH COVER
Category Code:   C
Year:   2007
Object Number:   37
Description:   Chafing-dish cover with conical body and narrow torus neck. Similar to C 1934 559 (Corinth XI, p. 182, no. 35), C 1934 1292 (Corinth XI, p. 182, no. 36, pl. III A, g). As C 1961 44.
Material:   Coarse red clay fired dark gray on surface, with common, medium to very large, rounded, reddish brown, gray, quartz, gold and silver micaceous inclusions.
Munsell Color:   Surface: 5YR 4/1 (dark gray), Core: 2.5YR 5/6 (red)
Condition:   Fragment. Single fragment preserves part of body, all of neck. Glaze well-preserved.
Manufacture:   C73 WM
Dimensions Actual:   Diam. of neck 0.033
Dimensions Preserved:   H. 0.099
Weight Description:   0.160
Weight:   0.160
Period:   Middle Byzantine (802-1058 AD)
Chronology:   Based on steep, conical profile. See Corinth XI, p. 40.
Findspot Description:   From surface cleaning in North of Nezi.
Site:   Corinth
City:   Ancient Corinth
Country:   Greece
References:   Image: digital 2009 2293